tabor
/ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To strike lightly and frequently.
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Example Sentences
- "Being apprized of our approach, the whole neighbourhood came out to meet their minister, drest in their finest cloaths, and preceded by a pipe and tabor […]"
- "A Polish-Lithuanian tabor besieged by twenty or thirty thousand Tartars must have closely resembled the overland wagon trains of American pioneers attacked by the Sioux or the Cherokee."
- "the light of Tabor"
- ""I believe citizens of every community have the right to determine what's right for them," he said. "I don't think TABOR is a one-size fix. TABOR doesn't allow a community to determine where their future is going to go.""
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French tabour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), ultimately from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tambour and tanbur.
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Word Breakdown
Usage
- Transitive verb
- American usage