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contrapuntist

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con⋅tra⋅pun⋅tist

  [kon-truh-puhn-tist]
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–noun
a person skilled in the practice of counterpoint.
Origin:
1770–80; < It contrappuntista. See counterpoint, -ist
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con·tra·pun·tist   (kŏn'trə-pŭn'tĭst)   
n.  One who writes or composes counterpoint.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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