tympanist
(ˈtɪmpənɪst)
Also 9 tim-.
[ad. F. tympaniste, It. timpanista, L. tympanista, G. τυµπανιστής, f. τυµπανίζειν tympanize, or f. timpan tympan + -ist.]
One who beats or plays upon a drum, a drummer. In quot. 1862, one who plays a tympan (tympan 1 b). Now spec., one who plays upon a kettledrum.
| 1611 Cotgr., Tympaniste, a Timpanist; a player on a Timpan, &c. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Tympanist, a Drumster or Taberer. 1862 in O'Curry Anc. Irish xxxi. (1873) III. 236 ‘Why is the Timpan called Timpan Naimh (or saint's Timpan), and yet no saint ever took a Timpan into his hands?’ ‘I do not know’, said the timpanist. 1906 Daily Chron. 22 Sept. 1/3 Solo for Six Timpani and Orchestra... Timpanist—Mr. G. G. Cleather. 1930 Melody Maker Jan. 72/3 All that need trouble the tympanist in regard to the minor chords is [etc.]. 1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 195/1 He studied with Saul Goodman, tympanist with the N.Y. Philharmonic. |
So † tympanister [ad. L. tympanistria, a. Gr. τυµπανίστρια], a female player on a drum or tambourine.
| 1382 Wyclif Ps. lxvii. 26 The princis camen befor ioyned with the singeris; in the myddel of the ȝunge wymmen tympanystris. |