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noun
A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a musician who plays percussion instruments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player
Narrower terms: cymbalist, drummer, xylophonist
History
Etymology tree English percussion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English percussionist From percussion + -ist.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
