Preluder
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude.
"Of these musical set forms however he might be indulged with a considerable quantity, and, if he approached in some degree to Rousseau's high character of a Preluder, he might be allowed to discant on certain single grave texts"
Example
More examples"Of these musical set forms however he might be indulged with a considerable quantity, and, if he approached in some degree to Rousseau's high character of a Preluder, he might be allowed to discant on certain single grave texts"
Etymology
From prelude + -er.
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