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guitarist

/ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/

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Philippines/ɡɪˈtaɾɪst/

guitarist noun: someone who plays a guitar.

guitarist: someone who plays a guitar
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Noun

guitarist (plural guitarists)

  1. Someone who plays a guitar.

guitarist meaning in Bengali, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

guitarist in Bengali

যিনি গিটার বাজান, গিটারবাদক

guitarist in Tagalog

person playing or performing on the guitar
gitarista

guitarist in Arabic

person playing or performing on the guitar
عَازِف قِيثَارَة ʕāzif qīṯāra

guitarist in Malay

person playing or performing on the guitar
gitaris
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guitarist in Indonesian
gitaris
guitarist in Persian
گیتاریست gitârist, گیتارنواز gitârnavâz
guitarist in Vietnamese
người chơi ghi-ta, người đánh ghi-ta, ghi-ta thủ, người chơi lục huyền cầm

Examples of guitarist in a sentence

  • The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.
  • Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.
  • The virtuoso guitarist played a number of hammer-ons.

All 28 example sentences with guitarist

Synonyms of guitarist

Forms of guitarist

pluralguitarists

Plural of guitarist: guitarists

Origin of guitarist

From guitar + -ist.

Words formed from guitarist

Phrases with guitarist

Questions about guitarist

What does guitarist mean?
Guitarist means someone who plays a guitar.
What is guitarist in Bengali?
Guitarist in Bengali is যিনি গিটার বাজান, গিটারবাদক. See Guitarist meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is guitarist?
Guitarist is a noun.
How do you pronounce guitarist?
Guitarist is pronounced /ɡɪˈtɑɹɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of guitarist?
The plural of guitarist is guitarists.

Words near guitarist in the dictionary

  1. guitar-players
  2. guitared
  3. guitarfish
  4. guitarfishes
  5. guitaring
  6. guitarist
  7. guitaristic
  8. guitarists
  9. guitarlele
  10. guitarleles
  11. guitarless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: guitarist (page history and authors); guitarist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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