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    TYMPANIST

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person who plays the kettledrumsplay

    Synonyms:

    timpanist; tympanist

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("tympanist" is a kind of...):

    drummer (someone who plays a drum)

    Derivation:

    tympan (a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end)

    tympani; tympanum (a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it)

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