TYMPANIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who plays the kettledrums

Synonyms:

timpanist; tympanist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tympanist" is a kind of...):

drummer (someone who plays a drum)

Derivation:

tympan (a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end)

tympani; tympanum (a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it)