cellist

noun

cel·​list ˈche-list How to pronounce cellist (audio)
: a cello player
a yard-long implement that looks just like a cellist's bow, only larger.Donovan Hohn

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Our Common World featuring Yo Yo Ma Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford The celebrated cellist Yo Yo joins Orchestra Lumos. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025 The cellist and composer, 36, makes music out of noise others might wish to tune out: turn-signal clicks, a far-off tornado siren test, the hums of refrigerators. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025 The singer and cellist speaks with PEOPLE ahead of his debut solo album Dawn of a Misfit coming out, revealing how the rapper inspired him to branch out from the a cappella group he's known for. Marina Watts, People.com, 9 May 2025 And cellist Isabel Lopez Furlong of Hot Springs, 16, was the winner in the strings category, earning a $250 cash prize, after performing the first movement of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in e minor, op.85. Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cellist

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cellist was in 1856

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Kids Definition

cellist

noun
cel·​list
ˈchel-əst
: a person who plays the cello

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