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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: 'beak, front part of a ship', from rodere; RODENT

rostrum

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
ros‧trum [countable]
APM a small platform that you stand on when you are making a speech or conducting musicians [= podium]
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