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HARPSICHORDIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harpsichordist mean?
• HARPSICHORDIST (noun)
The noun HARPSICHORDIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who plays the harpsichord
Familiarity information: HARPSICHORDIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who plays the harpsichord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("harpsichordist" is a kind of...):
instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))
Instance hyponyms:
Landowska; Wanda Landowska (United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959))
Derivation:
harpsichord (a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots)
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