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percussionists

percussionists is the plural of percussionist.

Meaning of percussionist

Noun

percussionist (plural percussionists)

  1. 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...

Questions about percussionists

What is percussionists the plural of?
Percussionists is the plural of percussionist.

Words near percussionists in the dictionary

  1. percussion locks
  2. percussion notation
  3. percussional
  4. percussionally
  5. percussionist
  6. percussionists
  7. percussions
  8. percussive
  9. percussive maintenance
  10. percussively
  11. percussiveness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: percussionists (page history and authors); percussionist (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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