tabor

¹

or ta·ber, ta·bour

[ tey-ber ]

noun

1. a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.

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

[ tey-ber ]

noun

1. Mount, a mountain in N Israel, E of Nazareth. 1,929 feet (588 meters).

tabor

¹

/ ˈteɪbə /

noun

1. See pipe
   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

Tabor

²

/ ˈteɪbə /

noun

1. Mount Tabor
   Mount Tabor a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)

Derived Forms

• ˈtaborer, noun

Other Words From

• tabor·er tabour·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabor¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; (noun) Middle English, from Old French tab(o)ur; tambour; (verb) Middle English tabouren, derivative of the noun or from Old French taborer, derivative of tab(o)ur

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabor¹

C13: from Old French tabour, perhaps from Persian tabīr

Example Sentences

Does that case, Hosanna-Tabor, cover English teachers as well as Bible ones?

From The Daily Beast

“The method combines technologies that have been developed over the last 30 or so years of molecular biology,” Tabor explains.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Jeff Tabor describes his process using synthetic biology as “kind of like putting together Legos.”

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He delights in the sound of musical instruments, and moves in exact time to the sound of the trumpet and tabor.

From Project Gutenberg

Our course led us to the east of a rough and very rocky hill, that rises in the plain a little south-east of Mount Tabor.

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Leaving Mount Tabor, we passed over a high part of the plain, covered with disintegrated lava.

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On the tenth day (27th September), the Prussians without difficulty took Tabor; walls being ruined, garrison small.

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Both Columns got united at Tabor; and paused for a day or two, to rest, and gather up their draggled skirts there.

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