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CLARINETIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A musician who plays the clarinet

Synonyms:

clarinetist; clarinettist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

Instance hyponyms:

Benjamin David Goodman; Benny Goodman; Goodman; King of Swing (United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986))

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; Artie Shaw; Shaw (United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004))

Derivation:

clarinet (a single-reed instrument with a straight tube)

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