cantabankn.
/ˈkantəbank/ rare.
A singer on a stage or platform; hence, contemptuously, a common ballad-singer.
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. ix. 69 Small & popular Musickes song by these Cantabanqui vpon benches and barrels heads.]
1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde i. iii. i He was no tavern cantabank.
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