|
|
Definition of Fifer
1. n. One who plays on a fife.
Definition of Fifer
1. Proper noun. A person who hails from the county of Fife in Scotland. ¹
2. Noun. One who plays on a fife. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fifer
1. one that plays a fife [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifer
Literary usage of Fifer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the by United States Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States 57th Congress, 1st session, 1901-1902. House. [from old catalog] (1902)
"Mr. fifer. It is an open door, that leads into a very wide field. ... Mr. fifer.
You would have to go to the different localities. ..."
2. Illinois, Historical and Statistical: Comprising the Essential Facts of Its by John Moses (1892)
"fifer—The Thirty-sixth General Assembly—Re-election of Cullom to the ...
JOSEPH WILSON fifer, the governor elected in 1888, | is of German descent, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... who has recovered an action of debt or damages, to levy the debt or damages
against whom the recovery was had. fifer (tailors), a waistcoat-maker. ..."
4. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"... AND WHERE IT WA8 BORROWED FROM A fifer WITH ONE TUNE. I have before mentioned
as among the things that grew upon one with ..."
Other Resources:
