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soloist

[ soh-loh-ist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

soloist

/ ˈsəʊləʊɪst /

Origin of soloist¹

First recorded in 1860–65; solo + -ist

Another free soloist passed away after a fall in Eldo in 2019, as well.

She told me she had never sung in public as a soloist her whole life.

From Time

Dylan also appeared, at the first concert, as the harmonica soloist on “Forgetful Heart,” but in a wholly different register.

It was my good fortune to be present at the orchestral concert at Queen's Hall, when Mr. Stojowski was the soloist.

It was a special concert, at which the honored guest and soloist was the great Brahms himself.

An inexperienced violin soloist, such as a student playing at a conservatory recital, often exemplifies this.

But the talented Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was sorely missed—a woman soloist of worth was needed.

The book aided him as a commonplace accompaniment aids a soloist—alternately boring and exasperating him.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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