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Stradivarius

American  
[strad-uh-vair-ee-uhs] / ˌstræd əˈvɛər i əs /

noun

  1. a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.

  2. Stradivari, Antonio.

Stradivarius British  
/ ˌstrædɪˈvɛərɪəs /

noun

  1. Often (informal) shortened to: Strad.  any of a number of violins manufactured by Antonio Stradivari or his family

"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
Stradivarius Cultural  

  1. A kind of violin made by the Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Those that still survive are considered the finest violins in existence.

Etymology

Origin of Stradivarius

First recorded in 1825–35

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