polyphonist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

polyphony +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

polyphonist (plural polyphonists)

  1. One who is proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
  2. (music) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for polyphonist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)