Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A performer who plays or sings a musical accompaniment.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In music, one who plays an accompaniment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun music The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)

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Examples

  • The next minute the accompanist was the centre of a small crowd of anxious, questioning people.

    The Splendid Folly Margaret Pedler

  • Firstly, one can only hope that those days will soon disappear forever where a famous violinist brings along an "accompanist" to play a program of sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and César Franck — works designated by their respective composers for Piano and Violin.

    Early Music: An Exchange Bilson, Malcolm 1990

  • Her accompanist was a satyr"Chippendales dancer above, goat below.

    Spirits White As Lightning Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • During the intermission, I overheard conversations all around me discussing how beautifully the "accompanist" played.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Robin McNeil 2009

  • During the intermission, I overheard conversations all around me discussing how beautifully the "accompanist" played.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Robin McNeil 2009

  • During the intermission, I overheard conversations all around me discussing how beautifully the "accompanist" played.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Robin McNeil 2009

  • During the intermission, I overheard conversations all around me discussing how beautifully the "accompanist" played.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Robin McNeil 2009

  • During the intermission, I overheard conversations all around me discussing how beautifully the "accompanist" played.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Robin McNeil 2009

  • During the intermission, I overheard conversations all around me discussing how beautifully the "accompanist" played.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Robin McNeil 2009

  • A Juilliard-trained pianist and former accompanist on NBC's "Your Show of Shows," she hunched over the keys, trembling slightly from a combination of spinal stenosis, osteoporosis and early Parkinson's disease.

    The Art of Aging Creatively Lizzie Simon 2011

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