Cant

After Alexander and Andrew Cant, a couple of bigoted Covenanters, who persecuted their religious opponents with relentle zeal, and at the same time prayed for those who suffered on account of their religious opinions. Cantab. Of Cambridge University. The River Cam was anciently called the Granta; hence the Saxon name of the city Grantabrycge , or the bridge over the Granta, softened later into Cantbrigge .