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XYLOPHONIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does xylophonist mean?
• XYLOPHONIST (noun)
The noun XYLOPHONIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who plays a xylophone
Familiarity information: XYLOPHONIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who plays a xylophone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("xylophonist" is a kind of...):
percussionist (a musician who plays percussion instruments)
Derivation:
xylophone (a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets)
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