— banjoist , n.
/ban"joh/ , n. , pl. banjos, banjoes .
a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
[ 1730-40; cf. Jamaican E banja, bonjour, bangil, Brazilian Pg banza; prob. of African orig.; cf. Kimbundu mbanza a plucked string instrument ]