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Meaning

Noun

A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.

Origin

From Old French nacaire, nacre (cognate with Italian nacchera, mediaeval Latin nacara), from Arabic نَقَّارَة ("drum").

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