cantore

noun1

1. •
   (no longer used) a Dutch trading post, a branch office of the Dutch merchants

   • Satire, in Two Parts, Upon the Imperfection and Abuse of Human Learning, by Samuel Butler When all a student knows of what he reads // Is not in 's own, but under general heads // Of common-places, not in his own power, // But, like a Dutchman's money, i' th' cantore, // Where all he can make of it at the best, // Is hardly three per cent. for interest; …