taborer
- a word derived from tabor.
Example Sentences
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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
It must be confessed, however, that the taborer was not well treated in mediaeval times, badly paid, and not received with the honour given to minstrels.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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 Darwin, Francis, Sir
I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on.
From The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
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 Ainsworth, William Harrison
