Obs. rare. In 4 -yster, -ystir. [f. taburn, TABORN + -STER: feminine corresp. to TABORNER.] A female player on the tabor.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter, lxvii. 27. Bifor come prynces ioyned til syngand: in myddis of wenchis taburnystirs [L. iuuencularum tympanistriarum]. Ibid., Taburnysters.

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