pommer
pommer noun: an alto, tenor, or bass instrument of the shawm family.
Noun
pommer (plural pommers)
- An alto, tenor, or bass instrument of the shawm family.
- The treble pommer was the equivalent of our hautboy; the bass pommer corresponded to our bassoon. Midway between these lay the alto and tenor pommers, of which the former (the alto), was doubtless the forerunner of the cor anglais.1900, Musical News, page 378
- The Emperor Sigismund, Pope John XXIII, and many other Church dignitaries and others high in the affairs of state, sat in the council which opened in that year and lasted until 1418. For this occasion there were gathered together some five hundred musicians who played on fifes, fiddles, trumps...1936, Ray Giles, «Here Comes the Band!», New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, page 176
Forms of pommer
| plural | pommers |
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Origin of pommer
From German Pommer, from Middle High German bumhart, from Italian bombarda.
Questions about pommer
- What does pommer mean?
- Pommer means an alto, tenor, or bass instrument of the shawm family.
- What part of speech is pommer?
- Pommer is a noun.
- What is the plural of pommer?
- The plural of pommer is pommers.
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