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Webster 1913 Edition


Tympanist

Tym′pa-nist

,
Noun.
[L.
tympaniste
, Gr.
τυμπανιστής
.]
One who beats a drum.
[R.]

Definition 2024


tympanist

tympanist

English

Noun

tympanist (plural tympanists)

  1. Alternative spelling of timpanist
    • 1999, Howard Jacobson, Peeping Tom (page 207)
      She did not belong either to that gentler but more rhapsodic band who seek to extract strange worshipful music from the male, the xylorimbists or tympanists or flute players.