- canter⇄canter (1), verb, noun.
- canter⇄canter (2), noun.
1. a person who cants or whines, especially a professional beggar or vagrant.
2. a person who talks cant. - canter⇄noun a gentle gallop.
Ex. The canter is to the gallop very much what the walk is to the trot (William Youatt). - canter⇄v.t., v.i. to gallop gently.
Ex. He cantered his horse down the road. The horse cantered across the meadow.