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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French tambour.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tambour m (strong or mixed, genitive Tambours, plural Tamboure or Tambouren)
- (military, dated) drummer
1856, Gottfried Keller, Die Leute von Seldwyla [The People from Seldwyla], volume 1:Außerdem hatte sie zur Zeit einem armen Tambour mit einem einzigen Blick den Kopf verdreht, der nun ganz aufgeblasen umherging und sich ihr überall in den Weg stellte; […] .- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (architecture) drum (encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola)
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Further reading
- “Tambour” in Duden online
- “Tambour” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache