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contrapuntist

contrapuntist noun: one skilled in counterpoint.

Noun

contrapuntist (plural contrapuntists)

  1. One skilled in counterpoint.
    • Now Counterpoint is certainly so much an Art , that to be , what they call , a learned Contrapuntist , is with Harmonists a title of no small excellencea. 1797, William Mason, Essays on Church Music

Forms of contrapuntist

pluralcontrapuntists

Origin of contrapuntist

From Italian contrappuntista.

Questions about contrapuntist

What does contrapuntist mean?
Contrapuntist means one skilled in counterpoint.
What part of speech is contrapuntist?
Contrapuntist is a noun.
What is the plural of contrapuntist?
The plural of contrapuntist is contrapuntists.

Words near contrapuntist in the dictionary

  1. contrapunctus
  2. contrapuntal
  3. contrapuntalism
  4. contrapuntally
  5. contrapuntism
  6. contrapuntist
  7. contrapuntists
  8. contrapunto
  9. contrapuntos
  10. contrarational
  11. contrarationality

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