Bassoonist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who plays the bassoon, a musical instrument in the woodwind family.

    "Actually there was recently a talented young female bassoonist who gave up a promising career on that sturdy instrument, not to do something more feminine but to take up bullfighting. This is Patricia Hayes of San Angelo, Texas, who has had spectacular success in the arenas of Mexico and Portugal. Unfortunately she is not America's only matadoress."

  2. 2
    a musician who plays the bassoon wordnet

Synonyms

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bassoonerbassooner

Example

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"Didn't you know Tom is also a pretty good bassoonist?"

Etymology

From bassoon + -ist (“a person who uses something”).

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musical instrument

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