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TYMPANIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tympanist mean?
• TYMPANIST (noun)
The noun TYMPANIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who plays the kettledrums
Familiarity information: TYMPANIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who plays the kettledrums
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
timpanist; tympanist
Hypernyms ("tympanist" is a kind of...):
drummer (someone who plays a drum)
Derivation:
tympan (a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end)
tympani; tympanum (a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it)
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