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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

Ever since releasing his first album, “Landero Vive,” a tribute record to his grandfather, the accordionist has dedicated his life to touring and sharing his familial legacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

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 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