taborer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
taborer (plural taborers)
- One who plays on the tabor.
- Synonym: taborist
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Lead, monster, we'll follow. I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on.
References edit
- “taborer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.