violinist

[ vahy-uh-lin-ist ]

/ ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn ɪst /

noun

a person who plays the violin.

Nearby words

violet iris, violet wood, violin, violin clef, violin spider, violinist, violinmaker, violist, viollet-le-duc, violoncellist, violoncello

Origin of violinist

From the Italian word violinista, dating back to 1660–70. See violin, -ist

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Examples from the Web for violinist

Sargeant had served as a violinist with the New York Philharmonic.
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Lindsey Stirling, a violinist, won an award for a remix of a Psy song she performed with an a capella group.
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Northup was born in the New York town of Minerva in 1808, and held numerous jobs upstate, one of which was a violinist.
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Only that the man was a violinist thirty years ago, and that he called himself Amaru.
The Bishop's Secret|Fergus Hume

There is real meaning, speaking of the violinist's tone, in the phrase 'he has it at his fingers' tips.'
Violin Mastery|Frederick H. Martens
In this portrait you have a specimen of the violinist as a piano teacher.
Piano and Song|Friedrich Wieck
Paganini's peculiar method of treating the violin has never been regarded as a safe school for any other violinist to follow.
Great Violinists And Pianists|George T. Ferris
If the violinist's art is truly a great art, it cannot come to fruition in the artist's 'teens.
Violin Mastery|Frederick H. Martens

British Dictionary definitions for violinist

violinist

/ (ˌvaɪəˈlɪnɪst) /

noun

a person who plays the violin

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