Violinist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who plays the violin.

    "And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered."

  2. 2
    a musician who plays the violin wordnet

Synonyms

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fiddlerpickerviolinviolin

Example

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"Maria's late husband was a violinist."

Etymology

From violin + -ist.

Related phrases

bass violinistelectric violinistfirst violinistsecond violinistviolinist analogyviolinist argument

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