trombonist

Variant of trombone

noun

a large brass instrument consisting of a long tube bent parallel to itself twice and ending in a bell mouth: it is of two types, the , in which different tones are produced by moving the slide, or movable section of the tube, in or out, and the , played, like the trumpet, with valves

Origin: It < tromba, a trumpet < OHG trumba: see trump

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
link/cite print suggestion box