Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plays a tympan or drum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who beats a drum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun   Alternative spelling of timpanist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who plays the kettledrums
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Examples
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								A famous tympanist had made a recording of the V with a drum beat which became a stirring rallying sign to all when it was broadcast each evening. 
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								The second half of the performance was devoted to original pieces by local composers -- the first by William Hill, principal tympanist for the CSO. 
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								Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1910, Ros lived in Venezuela from 1927 to 1937, where he played in the Venezuelan Military Academy Band and was a tympanist in the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Roya Nikkhah 2011 
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								Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010 
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								Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010 
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								Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010 
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								Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010 
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								Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010 
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								Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010 
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								Edmundo's musical career started in the army, then he became the tympanist in the Symphony WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010 
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