† piffern.¹

Forms: pre-1700 peifer, pre-1700 peiffer, pre-1700 pepher, pre-1700 pephour, pre-1700 pifer, pre-1700 piffar, pre-1700 piffer, pre-1700 piphre, pre-1700 pyphir.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pifre.

Etymology: < Middle French, French pifre (1552 in sense ‘little flute’, 1574 in sense ‘piper’), variant (probably after either Spanish pífaro (see piffero n.), Occitan pifre (1528), or Catalan pifre (1602)) of fifre (see fife n.). Compare post-classical Latin piffarus , pifferus (1386 in an Italian source). Compare piffero n.

Scottish. Obsolete.

1. = fifer n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > player of fife or flageolet

fifer1540

fife1548

piffer1564

flageolet1676

1564–5 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 482 To the haill trompetouris and sueschouris and pephouris..in playing afoir the toun.

1590 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 482 To the said tabourers and pepher the day of the upcuming of hir maiestie to the abay.

2. A fife or similar wind instrument.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > fife

fife1555

piffer1591

1591 King James VI & I Chorus Venetus in His Maiesties Poet. Exercises sig. L3 Praise him with Trumpet, Piphre, and drumme, With Lutes, and Organes fine.

1627 in W. Fraser Bk. Carlaverock (1873) 91 I will desyr ȝour lordship to cause by ane fyne piffer of brase to him in Edinburgh.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 206 (margin) Drums trumpetis piferis hard on the nicht.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

Piffern.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪfə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪfər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English Punjab Irregular Frontier Force , -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < the initial letters of Punjab Irregular Frontier Force + -er suffix¹.

Originally Anglo-Indian. Now historical.

A member of the Punjab Irregular Frontier Force, a military unit raised in 1849 chiefly for the purpose of controlling the North-West Frontier of India. Frequently in plural. With the. The force itself or any of the regiments succeeding it.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun]

spahi1562

legionnaire1595

strelitz1603

Croat1623

deli1667

Croatian1700

lancer1712

highlander1725

lambs1744

royals1762

light-bob1778

fly-slicer1785

Life Guardsman1785

royals?1795

Hottentot1796

yeoman1798

pandour1800

Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811

forty-two man1816

kilty1842

Zouave1848

bumblerc1850

Inniskilliner1853

blue cap1857

turco1860

Zou-Zou1860

mudlark1878

king's man1883

Johnny1888

Piffer1892

evzone1897

horse gunner1897

dink1906

army ranger1910

grognard1912

Jock1914

chocolate soldier1915

Cook's tourist1915

dinkum1916

Anzaca1918

choc1917

ranger1942

Chindit1943

Desert Rat1944

Green Beret1949

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 3/1 The Punjab Frontier Force is known in India as ‘The Piffers’.

1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 780/1 A strong garrison of the three arms, all Piffers.

1958 O. Caroe Pathans xx. 345 For many years the Piffers served under the Panjab Lieutenant-Governor.

1991 Times 22 May 15/6 I am an honorary Piffer, as the great grandson of Henry Lawrence of Lucknow as he is known to history.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piffer
释义	† piffern.¹ Forms: pre-1700 peifer, pre-1700 peiffer, pre-1700 pepher, pre-1700 pephour, pre-1700 pifer, pre-1700 piffar, pre-1700 piffer, pre-1700 piphre, pre-1700 pyphir. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pifre. Etymology: < Middle French, French pifre (1552 in sense ‘little flute’, 1574 in sense ‘piper’), variant (probably after either Spanish pífaro (see piffero n.), Occitan pifre (1528), or Catalan pifre (1602)) of fifre (see fife n.). Compare post-classical Latin piffarus , pifferus (1386 in an Italian source). Compare piffero n. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. = fifer n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > player of fife or flageolet fifer1540 fife1548 piffer1564 flageolet1676 1564–5 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 482 To the haill trompetouris and sueschouris and pephouris..in playing afoir the toun. 1590 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 482 To the said tabourers and pepher the day of the upcuming of hir maiestie to the abay. 2. A fife or similar wind instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > flute > fife fife1555 piffer1591 1591 King James VI & I Chorus Venetus in His Maiesties Poet. Exercises sig. L3 Praise him with Trumpet, Piphre, and drumme, With Lutes, and Organes fine. 1627 in W. Fraser Bk. Carlaverock (1873) 91 I will desyr ȝour lordship to cause by ane fyne piffer of brase to him in Edinburgh. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 206 (margin) Drums trumpetis piferis hard on the nicht. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Piffern.² Brit. /ˈpɪfə/, U.S. /ˈpɪfər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English Punjab Irregular Frontier Force , -er suffix¹. Etymology: < the initial letters of Punjab Irregular Frontier Force + -er suffix¹. Originally Anglo-Indian. Now historical. A member of the Punjab Irregular Frontier Force, a military unit raised in 1849 chiefly for the purpose of controlling the North-West Frontier of India. Frequently in plural. With the. The force itself or any of the regiments succeeding it. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 3/1 The Punjab Frontier Force is known in India as ‘The Piffers’. 1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 780/1 A strong garrison of the three arms, all Piffers. 1958 O. Caroe Pathans xx. 345 For many years the Piffers served under the Panjab Lieutenant-Governor. 1991 Times 22 May 15/6 I am an honorary Piffer, as the great grandson of Henry Lawrence of Lucknow as he is known to history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1564n.²1892
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