English > violinist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A musician who plays the violin. |
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| Synonym | fiddler |
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| Instances | Corelli, Arcangelo Corelli | Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713) |
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| Enesco, Georges Enesco, George Enescu | Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955) |
| Grappelli, Stephane Grappelli | French jazz violinist (1908-1997) |
| Joachim, Joseph Joachim | Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) |
| Kreisler, Fritz Kreisler | United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962) |
| Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Yehudi Menuhin | British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999) |
| Paganini, Niccolo Paganini | Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840) |
| Stern, Isaac Stern | United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) |
| Vivaldi, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi | Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741) |
| Zimbalist, Efrem Zimbalist | United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985) |
| Zukerman, Pinchas Zukerman | Israeli violinist (born in 1948) |
| Broader | musician, instrumentalist, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
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| Spanish | violinista, violín |
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| Catalan | violí, violinista |
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| Nouns | violin | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family |
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