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VIOLINIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musician who plays the violin
Synonyms:
fiddler; violinist
Classified under:
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)
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