chambriste

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French

Etymology

From chambre +‎ -iste.

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Noun

chambriste m or f by sense (plural chambristes)

  1. a member of a certain French Catholic sect in the early nineteenth century
  2. a player of chamber music
    • 2015 September 5, “A la Philharmonie, Yo-Yo Ma à assaut des moulins à vent”, in Le Monde:
      Yo-Yo Ma, tour à tour conteur et poète, joue en chambriste, les yeux dans orchestre, cette partition qu’il connaît sur le bout de archet pour en avoir livré il y a quinze ans une version de référence avec le Boston Symphony Orchestra alors dirigé par Seiji Ozawa (l’album vient être remastérisé chez Sony Classical).
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