cellistnoun [ C ]
also 'cellist uk/ˈtʃel.ɪst/us/ˈtʃel.ɪst/a musician who plays the cello:
He was principal cellist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
More examples
- I loved music and I always wanted to be a cellist.
- The duo of cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han played Haydn and Prokofiev.
- Though he's spent much of his life on stage, virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma still gets the jitters before he plays.
- The cellist draws her bow across the strings.
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Examples from literature
- A young violinist, 'cellist or flutist has to study for some time before he can produce a tone of good musical quality on his instrument.
- Mechanical instruments will no more drive the good pianist or violinist or 'cellist out of his profession than the public library, as many once feared, will drive the bookseller out of business.
- The 'cellist played on.
- There was opportunity, however, for ensemble work with a good violinist and 'cellist.
- Yet, though the second violin or the 'cellist may be, comparatively speaking, a better player than the first violin, the latter is and must be the leader.