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timpanist

timpanist noun: someone who plays the timpani.

timpanist: someone who plays the timpani
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Noun

timpanist (plural timpanists)

  1. Someone who plays the timpani.

Forms of timpanist

pluraltimpanists

Origin of timpanist

From timpani + -ist.

Questions about timpanist

What does timpanist mean?
Timpanist means someone who plays the timpani.
What part of speech is timpanist?
Timpanist is a noun.
What is the plural of timpanist?
The plural of timpanist is timpanists.

Words near timpanist in the dictionary

  1. Timp.
  2. timpan
  3. timpana
  4. timpani
  5. timpanis
  6. timpanist
  7. timpanists
  8. timpano
  9. Timpanogos
  10. timpanos
  11. timpans

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