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accompanist

[ uh-kuhm-puh-nist, uh-kuhmp-nist ]

/ əˈkʌm pə nɪst, əˈkʌmp nɪst /

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noun

Music. a person who plays an accompaniment.

Also accompanyist.

Origin of accompanist

First recorded in 1825–35; accompan(y) + -ist

Words nearby accompanist

accommodationist, accommodative, accommodative asthenopia, accommodator, accompaniment, accompanist, accompany, accompanying vein, accompanyist, accomplice, accomplish

Example sentences from the Web for accompanist

She would have liked to, but her accompanist was coming at half-past ten.

Evelyn Innes |George Moore
Weckerlin directed the choruses and I acted as the accompanist at the rehearsals.

Musical Memories |Camille Saint-Sans
Above all the violinist should play with an accompanist who is used to accompanying him.

Violin Mastery |Frederick H. Martens
Gustave Scott was the accompanist that evening, and it proved to be the choice number of the concert.

Sixty Years of California Song |Margaret Blake-Alverson

The double-bass chanced upon the janitor's little boy in the corridor, and asked him if he knew where our accompanist could be.

Life's Minor Collisions |Frances Warner

British Dictionary definitions for accompanist

accompanist

sometimes US accompanyist (əˈkʌmpəniːɪst)

/ (əˈkʌmpənɪst, əˈkʌmpnɪst) /

noun

a person who plays a musical accompaniment for another performer, esp a pianist accompanying a singer