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clarinetist

/ˌklæɹɪˈnɛtɪst/

noun

What it means

  1. Someone who plays the clarinet.

    “Benny Goodman was the King of Swing,” he used to tell Benny. “Best jazz clarinetist in the world.”

    2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 56

    Synonyms: clarinet-player

In a sentence

“Benny Goodman was the King of Swing,” he used to tell Benny. “Best jazz clarinetist in the world.”

2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 56

Where it comes from

From clarinet + -ist.

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