organist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of organist
1585–95; < Medieval Latin organista; equivalent to organ ( um ) organ + -ista -ist
Example Sentences
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Morris’s mother and father, respectively, were an accomplished organist and a mechanic who had been gassed in World War I. Like Waugh, Morris boarded as a teenager at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Jimmy Smith, the jazz organist, was an early inspiration, he told The Times in 1996; Smith’s albums, he said, were his “bibles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Ton Koopman, the Dutch organist and head of the Bach Archive who performed the works on Monday, said they were "of a very high quality".
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
The couple settled in Aberdeenshire, with Hambock taking up the position of organist at Strichen Parish Church.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
“A heavenly tune,” she’d told the organist, although Ms. Byrd didn’t believe her father would go straight to heaven.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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