cellist

B2
US /ˈt͡ʃɛlɪst/
noun Freq #39599

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Someone who plays the cello.

    And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.

  2. 2
    noun

    someone who plays a violoncello

Etymology

From cello + -ist.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · someone who plays the cello. cello playercelloistvioloncellist
2 noun · someone who plays a... violoncellist

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