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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACCENTOR

Ac *cen "tor, n. Etym: [L. ad. + cantor singer, canere to sing. ]

1. (Mus. )

Defn: One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs. ]

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes ), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

New American Oxford Dictionary

accentor

ac cen tor |ˈaksentər ˈæksɛntər | ▶noun a small Eurasian songbird with generally drab-colored plumage. [Family Prunellidae and genus Prunella: several species. ] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from late Latin, from ad- ‘to ’ + cantor ‘singer. ’

Oxford Dictionary

accentor

accentor |əkˈsɛntə | ▶noun a small Eurasian songbird with generally drab-coloured plumage. ●Family Prunellidae and genus Prunella: several species, including the dunnock. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from late Latin, from ad- ‘to ’ + cantor ‘singer ’.