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fifer1|ˈfaɪfə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who plays the fife.
1540in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. xii. 242 Item, for Iohn Pretre, fyfer, wagis..xxs. viijd. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 17 Syne Phifers, Drummes, and Trumpets cleir do craue The pelmell chok with larum loude alwhair. 1659Torriano, Fifaro, a piper, a fifer, a fluter. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 247 This is some fifer who has obtained this leave. 1840Act 3–4 Vict. c. 96 §53 Drummer, trumpeter, fifer. 1868Morris Earthly Par. ii. (1870) 147 The fifer [must] stop His dancing notes the pensive drone that chid. |