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CONTRAPUNTIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contrapuntist mean? 

CONTRAPUNTIST (noun)
  The noun CONTRAPUNTIST has 1 sense:

1. a composer who specializes in counterpointplay

  Familiarity information: CONTRAPUNTIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONTRAPUNTIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A composer who specializes in counterpoint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

Derivation:

counterpoint (a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies)


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