bassist

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Etymology

From bass +‎ -ist.

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bassist (plural bassists)

  1. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.
    • 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times‎:
      And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
    • 2024 May 1, Marcus J. Moore, “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Bass”, in The New York Times‎:
      By and large back then, bassists weren’t bandleaders; Mingus was an anomaly.

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Etymology

From bas +‎ -ist.

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Noun

bassist m (plural bassisten, diminutive bassistje n)

  1. a musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist
    Synonym: basgitarist
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