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bassists

bassists is the plural of bassist.

Meaning of bassist

Noun

bassist (plural bassists)

  1. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.
    • 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...2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Phrases with bassists

Questions about bassists

What is bassists the plural of?
Bassists is the plural of bassist.

Words near bassists in the dictionary

  1. bassinettes
  2. bassing
  3. Bassingthorpe
  4. Bassins
  5. bassist
  6. bassists
  7. basskaap
  8. basskap
  9. Bassler
  10. Basslers
  11. bassless

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