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virginalist

virginalist noun: a musician who plays the virginal.

Noun

virginalist (plural virginalists)

  1. A musician who plays the virginal.
    • A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption.2003, Edward L. Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord, page 200

Forms of virginalist

pluralvirginalists

Origin of virginalist

From virginal + -ist.

Questions about virginalist

What does virginalist mean?
Virginalist means a musician who plays the virginal.
What part of speech is virginalist?
Virginalist is a noun.
What is the plural of virginalist?
The plural of virginalist is virginalists.

Words near virginalist in the dictionary

  1. virginal
  2. virginal membrane
  3. virginal membranes
  4. virginale
  5. virginales
  6. virginalist
  7. virginalists
  8. virginality
  9. virginalls
  10. virginally
  11. virginals

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