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basser
- comparative form of bass: more bass
1955, Athene, volumes 16-17, page 4:
Knowing that a taller pipe must produce a basser sound, the Semites identified the two.
basser (plural bassers)
- One who performs the bass part in music.
- Hyponym: bassist
2012, Lenard C. Bowie, African American Musical Heritage, page 244:
As the beater increased the pace, the bassers would embellish the rhythm with hand claps and singing, while the seekers would follow the increasing tempo of the stickers [sic] beat, by picking up or intensifying the pace of the movement.
- One who fishes for bass.
1994, Louisiana Conservationist, volumes 46-47, page 29:
"Mickey" I hissed. "Lift the fish basket."
The bassers nodded approvingly, one giving the thumbs up signal. Then they gunned it.
basser m
- indefinite plural of bass