cellist

cel·list | \ ˈche-list

How to pronounce cellist (audio)

\

Definition of cellist

: a cello player a yard-long implement that looks just like a cellist's bow, only larger.— Donovan Hohn

Examples of cellist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On stage, a cellist tuned her instrument, while Ian opened a laptop and adjusted his microphone. — Holly Ojalvo, Quartz, "The 3rd annual Quartz Casties: Our favorite podcasts of 2019," 22 Dec. 2019 Sihyun Jennifer Park, a 10th-grade cellist in the orchestra, took first prize in the Golden Classical Music Awards and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. — Tracy Trobridge, baltimoresun.com, "Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton: Howard County Register of Wills Byron Macfarlane to speak at Men’s Roundtable," 28 Nov. 2019 In it, the glam rocker played a cellist who finds himself in a love triangle with a vampire (Catherine Deneuve) and a doctor (Susan Sarandon). — Aly Semigran, Billboard, "Musicians In Horror Movies: 13 Best Cameos and Starring Roles," 23 Oct. 2019 Emhoff was immediately smitten with Harris, and the feeling was mutual; the two later got hitched in a 2014 romantic courthouse ceremony presided by Harris' younger sister Maya, complete with the musical stylings of a cellist in the courtroom. — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, "Kamala Harris Husband, Douglas Emhoff, Is Her Number One Fan," 7 Oct. 2019 The Norwegian cellist’s performance Thursday night was one to remember. — BostonGlobe.com, "Guest conductor Dima Slobodeniouk leads the BSO to walk less traveled paths - The Boston Globe," 12 Oct. 2019 The cellist was the Afro-wearing, 19-year-old Sheku Kanneh-Mason. — Valerie Russ, Philly.com, "'That was a black church sermon': Rev. Michael Curry brings passion to the Church of England," 19 May 2018 The group’s cellist, Jean Hatmaker, is the younger sister of violinist Kate Hatmaker, Art of Élan’s co-founder and executive director. — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Branford Marsalis talks classical music, jazz and playing with the Grateful Dead and Public Enemy," 31 Mar. 2018 Lead violinist Katie Jacoby and lead cellist Audrey Snyder were a revelation. — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, "The Who returning to South Florida for concert at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood," 4 Dec. 2019

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cellist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about cellist

Dictionary Entries near cellist

Statistics for cellist

Last Updated

17 Jan 2020

Cite this Entry

“Cellist.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellist. Accessed 18 January 2020.

Keep scrolling for more

Keep scrolling for more

WORD OF THE DAY

vicarious

experienced by way of someone else

Test Your Vocabulary

The Eponym Quiz

Which is the best synonym of bowdlerize?

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.