tabor
noun
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
taborer
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a word derived from
tabor.
Example Sentences
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The interesting point is that the taborer always leads off with a solo, a spirited flourish which Mr. Casals was so good as to play on the piano.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Sir Francis Darwin
I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on.
From The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover
A fool and a taborer seem also to have been indispensable; but the other dancers had neither names nor peculiar offices, and were unlimited in number.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various
Tom the piper, and his companion the taborer, ate for the next week, but were somewhat more sparing in the matter of drink, their services as minstrels being required later on.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
In some of the old drawings the taborer is striking his instrument with a bludgeon, instead of the light and elegant sticks such as are to be seen in Mr. Manning’s collection at Oxford.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Sir Francis Darwin
