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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

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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

Pageot, an accomplished pianist, keyboardist and accordionist who has toured with the likes of Diana Ross, Cher and Madonna, had never heard of Still — and was intrigued to listen to his symphony.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 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

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 musicians play in a little balcony, and here there are two of them, an accordionist and a guitarist.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl

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