cellist

[chel-ist]

noun

1. a person who plays the cello.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cellist¹

First recorded in 1885–90; short for violoncellist

Example Sentences

It’s an all-volunteer orchestra and I am still involved with it and I’m an active cellist.

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We witness Schoenberg, who was born 150 years ago, starting out as a cellist and self-taught progressive composer in his native Vienna and Berlin.

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As the world-renowned cellist took to the improvised stage, Ma spun his borrowed instrument around, revealing a strip of blue tape on which the school-issued instrument’s number was written in black marker.

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And we talked about his reunion with Yo-Yo Ma, when the cellist hugged him and said they were brothers in music.

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He knew he wanted music of the period and reached out to violinist Scarlet Rivera — who famously played with Bob Dylan in the ’70s — and cellist Cameron Stone to perform his folky Americana ideas.

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