Meaning of tabor | Babel Free
/ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/Definitions
- A small drum.
- A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
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- A place name:
- Tábor (a city in the Czech Republic).
- A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor
- In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
- A city in Slovenia.
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- A village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
- A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, Victoria, Australia, named after Tábor in Bohemia.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Fremont County and Mills County, Iowa.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Polk County, Minnesota, derived from Tábor.
- A town in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, from Tábor.
- A surname.
Equivalents
Examples
“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."”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.