Percussionist (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musician who plays percussion instruments
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("percussionist" is a kind of...):
instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "percussionist"):
cymbalist (a performer on the cymbals)
drummer (someone who plays a drum)
xylophonist (someone who plays a xylophone)
Derivation:
percussion (the act of playing a percussion instrument)
percussion (the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments)