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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  

[tey-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  

[tey-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

The tabor was also the earliest ever found and the drumstick was of a design never previously seen.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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

“As of 1855, construction of overland telegraph systems had become standardized,” Mr. Tabor writes, but “no such standard existed for submarine telegraph lines, especially those running through salt water.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Mr. Tabor is a novelist and a historian, and this book demonstrates his literary skills: “Lightning Beneath the Sea” is full of drama and excitement.

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

One consisted in having this Free Soil party, to which Tabor belonged and which made him a member of the Legislature of that State in 1857, just after its admission into the Union.

From Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History by F. C. Grable