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accordionist

American  
[uh-kawr-dee-uh-nist] / əˈkɔr di ə nɪst /

noun

  1. a person who plays the accordion, especially with skill.


Etymology

Origin of accordionist

accordion + -ist

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

“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

My problem, as quite the uneducated accordionist, was that I had precisely no idea what I was looking for.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

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