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CONTRAPUNTIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contrapuntist mean?
• CONTRAPUNTIST (noun)
The noun CONTRAPUNTIST has 1 sense:
1. a composer who specializes in counterpoint
Familiarity information: CONTRAPUNTIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A composer who specializes in counterpoint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("contrapuntist" is a kind of...):
composer (someone who composes music as a profession)
Derivation:
counterpoint (a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies)
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