guitarist

[ gi-tahr-ist ]

noun

1. a performer on the guitar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guitarist¹

First recorded in 1760–70; guitar + -ist

Example Sentences

The band needs a guitarist, but Amina’s never been able to perform in front of people without throwing up.

From Washington Post

Schaffer, 53, a guitarist and lead songwriter for the heavy metal band Iced Earth, was charged on Friday by criminal information, a type of charging document used when a defendant waives the right to an indictment.

From Washington Post

Recently, Edgers chatted with Dave Davies, guitarist and co-founder of the Kinks.

From Washington Post

She’s also a guitarist, writer, amateur pilot, a high-profile refugee advocate and national champion squash player.

From Ozy

She’s also a guitarist, writer, former squash champion and a social media star across the region.

From Ozy

"He brought Ray Charles to the mix as an influence on rock & roll," E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt once raved.

From The Daily Beast

The girls ran in the same circle (Palmolive was also in the Flowers of Romance) and the group was looking for a guitarist.

From The Daily Beast

After growing up in the London projects, Viv Albertine became a guitarist in one of the first all-girl punk bands.

From The Daily Beast

But there was also curly-haired Queen guitarist Brian May and playwright Tom Stoppard.

From The Daily Beast

Her mother, now a swim teacher at the YMCA and her father, still a jazz guitarist, began pitching in.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

Sor, the guitarist, and Vimercati proved the possibility of obtaining great artistic results with slender means.

From Project Gutenberg

In consideration of her first employment, she might have been called a street guitarist.

From Project Gutenberg

Having fully verified my discoveries, I then corrected the erroneous theory on this subject of the great guitarist, F. Sor.

From Project Gutenberg

Octave Piron was once very prominent as an excellent vocalist and guitarist.

From Project Gutenberg