Meanings
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1
noun
a musician or composer skilled in creating, performing, or analyzing harmony
The arranger was an inventive harmonist with a gift for unexpected chord changes.
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2
noun
a scholar who reconciles parallel or apparently conflicting passages in different texts
The biblical harmonist compared the four Gospel narratives line by line.
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Etymology
Formed from harmony + -ist, probably influenced by French harmoniste. It has named both specialists in musical harmony and scholars who bring parallel texts into agreement.