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  tabor

  noun

  a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
• Tabor
  Tabor

  noun

  Mount, a mountain in N Israel, E of Nazareth. 1,929 feet (588 meters).

tabor

¹ American  

[tay-ber] / ˈteɪ bər /

Or taber,

noun

1. a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.

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verb (used without object)

1. to play upon or as if upon a tabor; drum.

verb (used with object)

1. to strike or beat, as on a tabor.

Tabor ² American  

[tay-ber] / ˈteɪ bər /

noun

1. Mount, a mountain in N Israel, E of Nazareth. 1,929 feet (588 meters).

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Tabor ¹ British  

/ ˈteɪbə /

noun

1. a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)

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tabor ² British  

/ ˈteɪbə /

noun

1. music a small drum used esp in the Middle Ages, struck with one hand while the other held a three-holed pipe See pipe 1

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Other Word Forms

• taborer
  noun
• tabourer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of tabor

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English, from Old French tab(o)ur; see tambour; (verb) Middle English tabouren, derivative of the noun or from Old French taborer, derivative of tab(o)ur

Example Sentences

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Cross-dressed women, star-crossed lovers and someone pestering a pipe and tabor is most of what I want out of a midsummer night at the theater.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017

Nobody says the words authentic, historical, or—despite the lute and tabor processions led by jesters—medieval.

From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2013

For it is the peculiar genius of Mr. White to make an act out of an anecdote, to spin an innocent jest with pipe, tabor, scenery, and bring down his curtain on a guffaw.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a practical politician he doubtless realizes that an "open shop " campaign has little chance of success in a rising tabor market.

From Time Magazine Archive

A young fellow somersaulted backward from the cart to the sound of drumming, while a fat man wearing a red jerkin and bells on his trousers danced a jig, and another played the tabor.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Tabor did not enter a plea at his arraignment Monday because his defense attorney raised doubts about Tabor’s competency to stand trial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Field, Mr. Tabor contends, was to blame for the fiasco, having bought the wrong cable-laying equipment, hired the wrong ships and employed the wrong captain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

When the eruption of the Civil War and the rise of potential competitors cutting into Field’s political support made another cable-laying attempt impossible in 1861 and 1862, Field “became a traveling salesman,” Mr. Tabor reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Ruth Heeley, a teaching assistant at Ysgol Bryn Tabor in Coedpoeth, Wrexham, said food education was important for children to learn how to make good choices.

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

The following are the scales of springs of the Thompson and Tabor indicator.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose