A person who plays the bongo drums, typically as a musician or performer.
From bongo + -ist suffix (from Greek -istēs meaning 'one who practices'). The -ist suffix is productive in English for creating musician and specialist names (guitarist, pianist, violinist).
The -ist suffix is one of English's greatest time-savers—by adding just three letters to any noun, you create a word for someone who does it professionally, which is why bongoist works even though nobody uses it much.
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