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cembalist

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cem·ba·lo   (chěm'bə-lō')   
n.   pl. cem·ba·los
A harpsichord.

[Italian, short for clavicembalo, from Medieval Latin clāvicymbalum : Latin clāvis, key + Latin cymbalum, cymbal; see cymbal.]
cem'ba·list (-bə-lĭst) n.
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