accordionist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of accordionist
Example Sentences
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Welk was an accordionist and band leader who featured female trios and old-fashioned music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
An accordionist spurred the crowd of about 150 to dance, clap or yelp bird caws in approval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
The show featured danceable, sentimental big-band music that Welk — an accordionist and bandleader — described as “Champagne music.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023
“One of the great female icons of the twentieth century was the lover of America’s most important accordionist — and at the time, the accordionist was the bigger star,” Triggs writes in “Accordion Revolution.”
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
The church was too poor for an organ; it had not yet reached the dignity of a harmonium; but it had an accordion, and among the parson's offices was the office of accordionist.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
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