Definitions
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- noun music A stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari.
- noun music A
violin made by another manufacturer, named to capitalise on the fame of the instruments made by Antonio Stradivari - noun A name invoked as a standard of excellence in unrelated fields
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737)
Etymologies
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Examples
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They were researching the word Stradivarius and 1698, the year the violin was made.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The instrument is known as a Stradivarius because the Italian craftsman Stradivari put a Latinized version of his name on the labels.
A $10 Million Fiddle? Stradivarius Takes Another Bow at Auction 2011
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Plus the word Stradivarius is sexy, in my opinion.
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These men and women logged decades pressing, soldering and buffing - making trombones and trumpets of such sinuous precision they are called the Stradivarius of brass.
unknown title 2009
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Eliot's poem "Stradivarius", the gist of which is that God himself might conceivably make better fiddles than Stradivari's, but by no means certainly; since, as a fact, God orders his best fiddles of Stradivari.
On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Every "Stradivarius" now in existence is worth from three to ten thousand dollars, or several times its weight in gold.
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
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Some consider him to be the "Stradivarius" of builders; he only makes a few a year.
TreeHugger 2010
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Some consider him to be the "Stradivarius" of builders; he only makes a few a year.
TreeHugger 2010
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Some consider him to be the "Stradivarius" of builders; he only makes a few a year.
TreeHugger 2010
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Robert Bailey A Lady Blunt Stradivarius sale is to help tsunami and quake victims.
A $10 Million Fiddle? Stradivarius Takes Another Bow at Auction 2011
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