fifer

Variant of fife

fife definition

fife (fīf)

noun

a small flute having from six to eight finger holes, and usually no keys, used mainly with drums in playing marches

Etymology: Ger pfeife, a pipe, fife < MHG pfife < OHG pfifa < VL *pipa, pipe

transitive verb, intransitive verb fifed, fifing fif′·ing

to play on a fife

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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