Word Meanings - VIOLONCELLIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A player on the violoncello.

VIOLONCELLO
A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin.
PLAYER
1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. Shak. 2. One who plays any game. 3. A dramatic actor. Shak. 4. One who plays on an instrument of music. "A cunning player on a harp." 1 Sam. xvi. 16. 5. A gamester;
DISPLAYER
One who, or that which, displays.
STAGEPLAYER
An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.
SCRATCH PLAYER; SCRATCH RUNNER
One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.
SWORDPLAYER
A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.