— keyboarder, keyboardist , n.
/kee"bawrd', -bohrd'/ , n.
1. the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
2. a set of keys, usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal, or the like.
3. any of various musical instruments played by means of a pianolike keyboard, as a piano, electric piano, or organ.
v.t. , v.i.
4. Also, key, key in . Computers. to enter (information) into a computer by means of a keyboard.
5. to set (text) in type, using a machine that is operated by a keyboard.
[ 1810-20; KEY 1 + BOARD ]