tympanist

['timpənist]
  • n. = timpanist
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tympanist (n.)
1610s, "one who plays on a drum," from Latin tympanista, from Greek tympanistes, from tympanizein, from tympanon (see tympanum). Since mid-19c. specifically of players on kettledrums.