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tympanist

tympanist

1 9.8
A musician who plays the large tuned drums in an orchestra or band
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪmpənɪst/
: timpanista
  • Every evening, the tympanist practiced diligently to master the challenging passages of the symphony.

Examples

  • In the orchestra, the tympanist ensured the rhythm was perfectly synced with the rest of the musicians.

  • And whence comes the lady tympanist?

    Academic text (1993)

  • The talented tympanist played a mesmerizing solo during the concert.

Synonyms

timpanist
vstympanist
1 9.5

A person who plays large tuned drums in an orchestra

is the other spelling form used for both orchestra and band players

How Specialized

tympanist
1 9.8

Surface Forms

tympanist singular
tympanists plural

Morphology

tympanist = timpani (transparent) = timpani + ist

Agentive suffix '-ist' added to the instrument name 'timpani' yields 'one who plays the timpani', a directly derivable meaning.

Etymology

The word tympanist comes from the old Greek word tympanon, which means 'drum', and from the instrument name timpani. So a tympanist is literally a person who plays the large orchestra drums called timpani.