0 a small flute (= a tube-shaped musical instrument held out sideways) with a high sound, used in military music:
He played The Battle Hymn of the Republic on a fife.
1 an area of east central Scotland that was a council until 1975 and one of nine local government regions until 1996. It is now a council area (= an area with its own local government):
Eric Wallace of St. Louis, portraying a member of the 7th U.S. Infantry, plays his fife at Chalmette Battlefield.
He led an eventful, wandering life, playing the fife and violin.
Many boys would start their service as drummers or fife players, or as servants to officers, until they had grown enough to become full-fledged soldiers.
He declares himself a Scot because his parents are from Fife.
According to tradition, Macbeth was killed by the Earl of Fife, Macduff.
Ballad-singers retailed topical rhymes set to well-known tunes, fiddlers and pipers played in alehouses, while drums and fifes accompanied processions and marching soldiers.
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