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Answer for the clue "A person who plays the kettledrums ", 9 letters:
tympanist

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of timpanist English)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "one who plays on a drum," from Latin tympanista , from Greek tympanistes , from tympanizein , from tympanon (see tympanum ). Since mid-19c. specifically of players on kettledrums.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who plays the kettledrums [syn: timpanist ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tympanist \Tym"pa*nist\, n. [L. tympaniste, Gr. ?.] One who beats a drum. [R.]

Usage examples of tympanist.

Happy Hart the pianist and Syd Skelton the tympanist and Carlos Rivera the piano-accordionist were, he said and believed, the Tops.

The tympanist, Syd Skelton, threw a pack of cards on the table and glanced at his watch.

Lord Pastern, discovered an urge to exploit your talents as a tympanist and allied yourself with Breezy Bellairs and His Boys.