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
The accordionist commands the stage, his eyes staring off as if in a trance, his fingers trilling out the opening notes of a tune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
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 Sir Hall Caine
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