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piano player

American  

noun

  • piano players
    plural
  1. pianist.

  2. a mechanical device that actuates the keys of a player piano.


piano player British  

noun

  1. another name for pianist

  2. any of various devices for playing a piano automatically

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of piano player

First recorded in 1895–1900


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Before he was a skinny piano player, he was a skinny accordion player.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Donna approached the Dead’s Jerry Garcia at a club and informed him that her husband was going to be the band’s next piano player.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Looking for a new adventure in 1970, she and a friend moved to San Francisco, where she fell in with a group of friends that included a piano player named Keith Godchaux.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

One of the artworks is Saturday Night which shows a rock 'n' roll piano player in action.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

They even had to send a special van to the middle school just to get me and this girl named Annette Watson, who’s the backup piano player.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

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