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HARPIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who plays the harp
Synonyms:
harper; harpist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("harpist" is a kind of...):
instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))
Derivation:
harp (a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole)
harp (a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers)
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