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Definition of tambour noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tambour

noun

/ˈtæmbʊə(r)/

/ˈtæmbʊr/

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a type of drum
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French tambour ‘drum’; perhaps related to Persian tabīra ‘drum’. Compare with tabor.

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