נִיקָנוֹר, נִקָ׳ pr. n. m. (Νικάνωρ) Nicanor, 1) a general under Antioch Epiphanes and Demetrius I, defeated and slain by Judah Maccabi (I Macc. VII, 39; II Macc. XV, 30). Y. Taan. II, 66ᵃ top (Meg. Taan. XII) יום נ׳ Nicanor-Day (a half-festival); Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ bot. —2) N., who imported Corinthian bronze doors for a Temple gate. Yoma III, 10; Tosef. ib. II, 4; Y. ib. III, 41ᵃ; Bab. ib. 38ᵃ. Midd. II, 3, a. fr. שער נ׳ (שערי), v. נְחוּשְׁתָּן