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Instrumentalist Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ist

Instrumentalist has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

2

One who plays a musical instrument, as distinguished from a vocalist.

See Also
instrumentalisation vocalist ensemble sextet instrumentalists musical instrument
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
performer
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
accompanist accordionist concertinist bandsman bassist bassoonist bell ringer carillonneur cellist clarinetist flutist gambist guitarist harmonizer harpist harpsichordist hornist jazz musician keyboardist koto player lutist oboist organist percussionist pianist piper recorder player rhythm and blues musician rocker saxophonist singer sitar player soloist trombonist trumpeter vibist violinist violist

Origin

This word comes from the combination of "instrumental" and the suffix "-ist." It originally referred to a person who performs music using instruments.

Rhyming Words
ist nist kist uist hist bist dist list jist wist mist sist iist cist rist gist fist trist feist boist
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