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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

Ojai also introduced the debutante of the year, accordionist Ljubinka Kulisic, a purveyor of wow.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

On “Mahine Me,” played acoustically on Ali’s 1992 LP “The Source,” the zydeco accordionist Ruben Moreno sits in for a buoyant interpretation of a Songhai proverb.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

“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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