percussionist
percussionist noun: a trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
Noun
percussionist (plural percussionists)
- A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
- Since the 1960s, the keyboardist, vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke has been a prime mover in Ethio-jazz: unmistakably Ethiopian music that also draws on American jazz, Afro-Caribbean music and more.2025 August 15, Jon Pareles, “10 New Songs You Need to Hear: Khalid, Jay Som, Steve Lacy and More”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
percussionist meaning in Tamil
percussionist in Tamil
- சேர்ந்திசைஞர்
Forms of percussionist
| plural | percussionists |
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Origin of percussionist
From percussion + -ist.
Questions about percussionist
- What does percussionist mean?
- Percussionist means a trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
- What is percussionist in Tamil?
- Percussionist in Tamil is சேர்ந்திசைஞர். See Percussionist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is percussionist?
- Percussionist is a noun.
- What is the plural of percussionist?
- The plural of percussionist is percussionists.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: percussionist (page history and authors); percussionist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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