Antiq. [L. tībīcen a flute-player, f. tībia flute + can-ĕre to sing, also to play on an instrument.] A flute-player.
1776. Burney, Hist. Mus. (1789), I. x. 173. When the Lacedaemonians went to battle a Tibicen played soft and soothing music to temper their courage.
