tympanist

[ tim-puh-nist ]

noun
  1. a person who plays the drums, especially the kettledrums, in an orchestra.

Origin of tympanist

1
1605–15; <Latin tympanista<Greek tympanistḗs, equivalent to tympan(ízein) to beat a drum + -istēs-ist

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How to use tympanist in a sentence

  • Chopin would have been a great tympanist if he had not wasted his life foolishly at the piano.

    Melomaniacs | James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for tympanist

tympanist

/ (ˈtɪmpənɪst) /


noun
  1. a person who plays a drum, now specifically the kettledrum

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