basser

See also: bàsser

English

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.

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