violinist

/vaɪəˈlɪnɪst/

/vaɪəˈlɪnɪst/

Other forms: violinists

Definitions of violinist

1. noun

   a musician who plays the violin
   synonyms: fiddler

   examples:

   Arcangelo Corelli

   Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713)

   Georges Enesco

   Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)

   Stephane Grappelli

   French jazz violinist (1908-1997)

   Joseph Joachim

   Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)

   Fritz Kreisler

   United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962)

   Sir Yehudi Menuhin

   British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)

   Niccolo Paganini

   Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)

   Isaac Stern

   United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

   Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

   Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741)

   Efrem Zimbalist

   United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985)

   Pinchas Zukerman

   Israeli violinist (born in 1948)

   type of:

   instrumentalist, musician, player

   someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)