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mandolinist

American  
[man-duh-lin-ist] / ˌmæn dəˈlɪn ɪst /

noun

  • mandolinists
    plural
  1. a person who plays the mandolin, especially one who plays skillfully or professionally.


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The mandolinist in “Éclat,” for instance, was Sol Babitz, the father of the late, quintessential L.A. writer Eve Babitz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025

And leave it to an extroverted, stellar and spectacular mandolinist to have already lived up to that title by walking on stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

Less, however, has been said of how Mr. Osborne, whose syncopated, lyrical playing was inspired by the jazz-derived solos of old-time fiddlers, broke new ground as a mandolinist.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

It’s a story not only of mandolinist and singer Duffey, but of dozens of other people who made Washington a hotbed of bluegrass music.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2019

He did not see himself in the character of a mandolinist.

From Don Orsino by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

I watched her disappear into the green-carpeted hotel-lounge, where an orchestra of mandolinists were playing an air from La Bohème.

From The Count's Chauffeur by William Le Queux

It has furnished a number of nimble mandolinists and exquisite dilettants for lazy moods.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

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