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tabourer

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ta⋅bor

  [tey-ber]
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–noun
1. a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
–verb (used without object)
2. to play upon or as if upon a tabor; drum.
–verb (used with object)
3. to strike or beat, as on a tabor.
Also, taber, tabour.

Origin:
1250–1300; (n.) ME < OF tab(o)ur; see tambour; (v.) ME tabouren, deriv. of the n. or < OF taborer, deriv. of tab(o)ur

Related forms:
ta⋅bor⋅er, ta⋅bour⋅er, noun
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Word Origin & History

tabor 
"small drum resembling a tamborine," c.1290, from O.Fr. tabour, tabur "drum" (11c.), probably from Pers. tabir "drum," but evolution of sense and form are uncertain. Related to tambourine.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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