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triangulist

triangulist noun: a person who plays the triangle.

Noun

triangulist (plural triangulists)

  1. A person who plays the triangle.
    • Mr. Church plays well enough for even his rebukes to sniggering children to be enjoyable: when it turns out that none of them will take over the vacant triangle in the school orchestra because the last triangulist's hair fell out, it is all faintly sinister.1964, The Spectator, Volume 213, page 47
    • So, those who wish to apply for the position of triangulist, hands up please.1968, James Saunders, Neighbours: And Other Plays, page 175

Examples of triangulist in a sentence

  • Of course, we know the difference between good and bad triangulists... but one refuses to see in the sporadic triangle tinkling the ultimate purpose of a human being's earthly existence.1975, George Seltzer, The Professional symphony orchestra in the United States, page 171:
  • A rich and varied life, a good deal more interesting than that of Hindemith's classically-minded triangulist.1977, Country Life, Volume 162, page 611:
  • Backstage after the concert, the maestro rewards the triumphant triangulist with his trademarked embrace.1982, The Washingtonian, Volume 17, page 200:
  • Jerome was getting to be one feisty little triangulist.2013, Chris Lynch, Scratch and the Sniffs, page 36:

Forms of triangulist

pluraltriangulists

Origin of triangulist

From triangle + -ist.

Questions about triangulist

What does triangulist mean?
Triangulist means a person who plays the triangle.
How do you use triangulist in a sentence?
Of course, we know the difference between good and bad triangulists... but one refuses to see in the sporadic triangle tinkling the ultimate purpose of a human being's earthly existence.
What part of speech is triangulist?
Triangulist is a noun.
What is the plural of triangulist?
The plural of triangulist is triangulists.

Words near triangulist in the dictionary

  1. triangulenes
  2. triangulenium
  3. trianguleniums
  4. Triangulid
  5. Triangulids
  6. triangulist
  7. triangulists
  8. triangulite
  9. triangulo-triangular
  10. trianguloid
  11. Triangulum

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