accompanist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of accompanist
First recorded in 1825–35; accompan(y) + -ist
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Charles first met Katherine in New York in 1988, when he was singing with a theatre group and she was a piano accompanist.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Since I had a piano accompanist at home—my dad—I focused on singing and would perform for anyone who’d listen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The crowd roared with every pitch and kept their water bottles to themselves, a worthy accompanist to a team flirting with greatness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024
With the guitarist Millard Thomas, who would become his accompanist, and the playwright and novelist William Attaway, who would collaborate on many of his songs, he immersed himself in the study of folk music.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
She teamed up with an energetic young accompanist, a pianist named William “Billy” King.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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