virginalist

vir·gin·al

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Definitions of virginalist word

noun virginalist Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. 1
noun virginalist A musician who plays the virginal. 0

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1520-30; apparently special use of virginal1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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