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—keyboarder, keyboardist, n./kee"bawrd', -bohrd'/, n.1. the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.2. a set of keys, usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal, or the like.3. any of various musical instruments played by means of a pianolike keyboard, as a piano, electric piano, or organ.v.t., v.i.5. to set (text) in type, using a machine that is operated by a keyboard.[1810-20; KEY1 + BOARD]
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