Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who professes the art of multiplying sounds, or who makes a variety of sounds; an imitator of a variety of sounds; a ventriloquist.
- noun One who understands or uses polyphony; a contrapuntist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
- noun (Mus.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is proficient in the art of
multiplying sounds ; aventriloquist . - noun music A master of
polyphony ; acontrapuntist .
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Examples
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One by one the jurors gathered round the strange polyphonist, and, without a word being spoken, every one knew that it was the best piano-forte in the Exhibition.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Various
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Monteverdi in one stroke proved himself as skillful a polyphonist as any before or after, even including Josquin and Brumel.
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