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noun
- (context, music, archaic) the burden or bass of a melody
- 1985: The earth tremors resumed and made a to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas. " Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
- the drone pipe of a bagpipe
- the lowest-pitched stop of an organ
- the lowest-pitched of a peal of bells
- a bumblebee
Etymology: From Old French bourdonOld French, bourdon "drone" (French bourdonFrench, bourdon), from Proto-Romance, of imitatory origin.
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