Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A musician who plays in a band.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A musician who plays in a band.
- noun In mining, a miner who works in connection with the band or flat rope by which the coal or other mineral is hoisted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a player in a musical
band , especially a military or brass one
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a player in a band (especially a military band)
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Examples
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He left school at 13 for a 10 shilling job as a Liptons Teas delivery boy, and went on to work as a pageboy in a ladies 'club, a cabin boy? after, he insisted, walking from London to Cardiff to join the merchant navy? and having learned in his days as a bandsman in the army, a useful boxer despite his slight frame.
Norman Wisdom, last survivor of the music halls, dies aged 95 Maev Kennedy 2010
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He made his first appearance as an entertainer with a comedy boxing routine at an army concert, and developed his musical skills when he joined the Royal Corps of Signals as a bandsman in 1943.
Sir Norman Wisdom obituary Stephen Dixon 2010
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Thirty thousand people attended Hartley's funeral in his home town, Colne, and memorials to the bandsman of the Titanic were created in several countries.
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"The officer was right in demanding marches that the men could march by," one disgruntled bandsman told a reporter.
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In 1985, while studying at the J.illiard School, Mr. Benjamin made his second life-changing discovery: Through a convoluted series of personal connections beginning with his ex-bandsman grandfather, he was directed to a derelict warehouse in Asbury Park, N.J. Inside was the vast music collection of Arthur Pryor (1870-1942), one of the star band conductors of the Victor Talking Machine Co. (predecessor of RCA-Victor and BMG).
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Husni Mubarak of winner team was termed as best bandsman and Jehangir Khan of runner up team was declared as best baler.
Chitral Premier League 2008 Cricket tournament concluded 2008
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Husni Mubarak of winner team was termed as best bandsman and Jehangir Khan of runner up team was declared as best baler.
Sports news 2008
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Husni Mubarak of winner team was termed as best bandsman and Jehangir Khan of runner up team was declared as best baler.
Chitral Premier League 2008 Cricket tournament concluded 2008
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“To the daughter of the regimental bandsman Mirouet.”
Ursula 2006
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Ursula Mirouet, daughter of a bandsman in a regiment, without money, and whose father — alas!
Ursula 2006
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