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orpheonist

orpheonist noun: a member of an orphéon.

Noun

orpheonist (plural orpheonists)

  1. A member of an orphéon.
    • This year, happens to be, leap year,—to ensure eternal amity between the two nations (for the people, after, all have the alternative of peace, or war, in their own hands;) what if the bachelor orpheonists of France, and the maidens of England, should take this opportunity of uniting themselves in...1860 July 1, The Bromley Record and Monthly Advertiser, volume I, Bromley: […] Edward Strong, […], published 1865, page 233
    • Michel had engaged a dozen orpheonists, who sang very primitive Basque airs in chorus, accompanied by a species of shrill flageolet, the invariable refrain being Viva Imperatrisa!1866 September 21, Prosper Mérimée, edited by Louis [Alexander] Fagan, Letters of Prosper Mérimée to Panizzi, volume II, London: Remington and Co., […], published 1881, page 193

Examples of orpheonist in a sentence

  • On the 5th and 7th the festival of the French orpheonists will be held, and on the 8th there will be an international competition of orpheonists, with from 5000 to 6000 performers.1867 June 28, “The Paris Exhibition”, in Zerah Colburn, editor, Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal, volume III, London: Office for...
  • The orchestra and the orpheonists filled the sacred apsis.1874 February, Edward Strahan [pseudonym; Earl Shinn], “The New Hyperion. From Paris to Marly by Way of the Rhine.”, in Lippincott’s...

Forms of orpheonist

pluralorpheonists

Origin of orpheonist

From French orphéoniste.

Questions about orpheonist

What does orpheonist mean?
Orpheonist means a member of an orphéon.
How do you use orpheonist in a sentence?
On the 5th and 7th the festival of the French orpheonists will be held, and on the 8th there will be an international competition of orpheonists, with from 5000 to 6000 performers.
What part of speech is orpheonist?
Orpheonist is a noun.
What is the plural of orpheonist?
The plural of orpheonist is orpheonists.

Words near orpheonist in the dictionary

  1. orpheite
  2. orpheline
  3. orphelines
  4. orphenadol
  5. orphenadrine
  6. orpheonist
  7. orpheonists
  8. orpheoreon
  9. orpheoreons
  10. orpherion
  11. orpherions

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