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CLARINETIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clarinetist mean?
• CLARINETIST (noun)
The noun CLARINETIST has 1 sense:
1. a musician who plays the clarinet
Familiarity information: CLARINETIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musician who plays the clarinet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
clarinetist; clarinettist
Hypernyms ("clarinetist" is a kind of...):
instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))
Instance hyponyms:
Benjamin David Goodman; Benny Goodman; Goodman; King of Swing (United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986))
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; Artie Shaw; Shaw (United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004))
Derivation:
clarinet (a single-reed instrument with a straight tube)
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