Why is it der Tambourmajor?

Tambourmajor ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -or
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Military music: Head of a Spielmannszug

[1] Militärmusik: Leiter und Ausbilder eines Spielmannszuges

Examples

[1] The Tamborumajor

[1] Der Tamborumajor gibt das Signal.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Tambourmajor die Tambourmajore
Genitiv des Tambourmajors der Tambourmajore
Dativ dem Tambourmajor den Tambourmajoren
Akkusativ den Tambourmajor die Tambourmajore

Pronunciation

In context

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