different between taboret vs taborer

English

Alternative forms

• tabouret

Etymology

From Old French tabouret (“a stool, pincushion, base of a pillar; literally, a little drum or tabor”), diminutive of tabour (“drum”). Compare French tambour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæb???t/

Noun

taboret (plural taborets)

1. A little drum; a tabret.
2. A low stool in the form of a drum.
   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:

     He sat close to her on a low tabouret, and as he spoke his fingers lightly touched the hair that fell a little over her forehead.

   • 1965, Elizabeth Bishop, "Filling Station":

     They lie
     upon a big dim doily
     draping a taboret
     (part of the set), beside
     a big hirsute begonia.

3. A low stand or embroidery frame in the same shape.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:taboret.

Translations

Further reading

• taboret in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• taboret in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• taboret at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• abettor

Polish

Etymology

From French tabouret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?b?.r?t/

Noun

taboret m inan

1. stool, a piece of furniture for sitting without a backrest

   Synonym: sto?ek

2. (slang, derogatory) motor scooter

   Synonyms: skuter, kibel

Declension

Further reading

• taboret in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• taboret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

tabor +? -er

Noun

taborer (plural taborers)

1. One who plays on the tabor.

   Synonym: taborist

   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene ii^[1]:

     Lead, monster, we'll follow. I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on.

References

• taborer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Barreto, Roberta, aborter, arboret