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contrabassoonist

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con⋅tra⋅bas⋅soon

[kon-truh-ba-soon, -buh-]
–noun
a bassoon larger in size and an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon; a double bassoon.

Origin:
1890–95; contra-2 + bassoon


con⋅tra⋅bas⋅soon⋅ist, noun
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