executant
Americannoun
adjective
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of or relating to a performer, especially a musician.
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performing, especially in public.
noun
Etymology
Origin of executant
From the French word exécutant, dating back to 1855–60. See execute, -ant
Example Sentences
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Yet a ballerina is not just an executant; she is also a controlling force whose command of a ballet’s stage worlds and its internal dynamics register as thought.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2010
Critics of the 18th century adulated the Bolognese beyond all reason or toleration; he is now regarded as commonplace in mind and invention, lacking any innate ideality, though undoubtedly a forcible, resolute and learned executant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
In this way he became a bold executant in water-colours and in oil, though he failed to acquire any originality of his own.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
He was a fine executant, as not every composer is.
From The New Gulliver and Other Stories by Pain, Barry
The violins sighed and shrieked, and the guitars were worthless, but the balalaiki were remarkably good; and the agile fingering of the artists would have done honour to the cleverest executant.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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