Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A performer on the violoncello. Often abbreviated to
cellist , 'cellist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A player on the violoncello.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who plays the
violoncello
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays a violoncello
Etymologies
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Examples
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The violoncellist played, a singer sang, and invariably at half-past eleven the door leading to the dining-room opened and Dymov, smiling, said:
The Wife 2004
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Then a violoncellist, whose instrument used to sob, and who openly declared that of all the ladies of his acquaintance the only one who could accompany him was Olga
The Wife 2004
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An actor from the Dramatic Theatre recited, a singer sang, artists sketched in the albums of which Olga Ivanovna had a great number, the violoncellist played, and the hostess herself sketched, carved, sang, and played accompaniments.
The Wife 2004
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He went with his friend, the violoncellist, Antonio Nardini, to Prague, where they both accepted a position in the orchestra of Count Kinsky.
Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Walter Rowlands
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Then a violoncellist, whose instrument used to sob, and who openly declared that of all the ladies of his acquaintance the only one who could accompany him was Olga Ivanovna; then there was a literary man, young but already well known, who had written stories, novels, and plays.
The Grasshopper 1918
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An actor from the Dramatic Theatre recited, a singer sang, artists sketched in the albums of which Olga Ivanovna had a great number, the violoncellist played, and the hostess herself sketched, carved, sang, and played accompaniments.
The Grasshopper 1918
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The violoncellist played, a singer sang, and invariably at half-past eleven the door leading to the dining-room opened and Dymov, smiling, said:
The Grasshopper 1918
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By the way, that young fellow over there who said that is a violoncellist.
The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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Mr. Werner, 'Court-violoncellist to the King of Paraguay.'
Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay 1911
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Bernhard Romberg was a distinguished violoncellist.
Beethoven A Character Study Fischer, George A 1905
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