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mandolinist

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

noun

plural

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


Example Sentences

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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

And if you tested positive — as did Waco Brothers mandolinist Tracey Dear — you were shuttled off to a cheap hotel and not allowed to sail.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

The mandolinist Chris Thile had already taken over hosting duties on the weekly radio variety show “A Prairie Home Companion” before its original host, Garrison Keillor, fell from grace.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019

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

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