VIOLINIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does violinist mean? 

• VIOLINIST (noun)
  The noun VIOLINIST has 1 sense:

1. a musician who plays the violin

  Familiarity information: VIOLINIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIOLINIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musician who plays the violin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fiddler; violinist

Hypernyms ("violinist" is a kind of...):

instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

Instance hyponyms:

Arcangelo Corelli; Corelli (Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713))

Enesco; George Enescu; Georges Enesco (Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955))

Grappelli; Stephane Grappelli (French jazz violinist (1908-1997))

Joachim; Joseph Joachim (Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907))

Fritz Kreisler; Kreisler (United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962))

Menuhin; Sir Yehudi Menuhin; Yehudi Menuhin (British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999))

Niccolo Paganini; Paganini (Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840))

Isaac Stern; Stern (United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920))

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi; Antonio Vivaldi; Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741))

Efrem Zimbalist; Zimbalist (United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985))

Pinchas Zukerman; Zukerman (Israeli violinist (born in 1948))

Derivation:

violin (bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow)

 Context examples 

It occurs in tennis players as well as housewives, artisans, and violinists.

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