tamboer

From Dutch tamboer, from Middle Dutch tamboere (“drum”), from Old French tambour.

tamboer (plural tamboers)

1. drum

From Dutch tamboeren, from Middle Dutch tamboeren.

tamboer (present tamboer, present participle tamboerende, past participle getamboer)

1. (intransitive) to pound, to drum

From Middle Dutch tamboere (“drum”), from Old French tambour. The sense “military-style drummer” came from Middle French tambour.

• IPA^(key): /tɑmˈbuːr/

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• Hyphenation: tam‧boer
• Rhymes: -uːr

tamboer m (plural tamboers, diminutive tamboertje n)

1. marching drum
2. military-style drummer

• tamboeren
• tamboer-maître

• Afrikaans: tamboer
• Negerhollands: tamboer
• → Indonesian: tambur