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xylorimbist

xylorimbist noun: someone who plays a xylorimba.

Noun

xylorimbist (plural xylorimbists)

  1. (rare) Someone who plays a xylorimba.
    • As a xylorimbist you put new pep into any party — "make" the school orchestra — maybe even pay your way through college.1929 October, Boys' Life, page 54
    • She did not belong either to that gentler but more rhapsodic band who seek to extract strange worshipful music from the male, the xylorimbists or tympanists or flute players.1999, Howard Jacobson, Peeping Tom, page 207

Forms of xylorimbist

pluralxylorimbists

Origin of xylorimbist

From xylorimba + -ist.

Questions about xylorimbist

What does xylorimbist mean?
Xylorimbist means someone who plays a xylorimba.
What part of speech is xylorimbist?
Xylorimbist is a noun.
What is the plural of xylorimbist?
The plural of xylorimbist is xylorimbists.

Words near xylorimbist in the dictionary

  1. xyloretin
  2. xyloretinite
  3. xyloretins
  4. xylorimba
  5. xylorimbas
  6. xylorimbist
  7. xylorimbists
  8. xylorutinoside
  9. xylorutinosides
  10. xyloryctid
  11. xyloryctids

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