Home › Words › S › shawmistshawmistshawmist means someone who plays a shawm.EtymologyFrom shawm + -ist.nounSomeone who plays a shawm.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shawm 66% match — A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body. vs shawmist →woodwindist 62% match — Someone who plays a woodwind instrument, such as the clarinet. vs shawmist →shamisenist 61% match — Someone who plays a shamisen vs shawmist →sawist 61% match — Someone who plays a musical saw. vs shawmist →hautboyist 58% match — Someone who plays the hautboy. vs shawmist →musar 58% match — An itinerant musette player. vs shawmist →alphornist 56% match — Someone who plays the alphorn. vs shawmist →woodwinder 56% match — Synonym of woodwindist. vs shawmist →