TYMPANIST


Meaning of TYMPANIST in English

/tim"peuh nist/ , n.

a person who plays the drums, esp. the kettledrums, in an orchestra.

[ 1605-15; tympanista tympanistés, equiv. to tympan ( ízein ) to beat a drum + -istes -IST ]

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