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pianofortist

pianofortist noun: a person who plays the pianoforte.

Noun

pianofortist (plural pianofortists)

  1. A person who plays the pianoforte.
    • Mr. E[dward]. Knight completed his musical education in Germany, under the celebrated Ferdinand Ries, and was esteemed an excellent pianofortist and composer.1834, United States Gazette, quotee, “Drama &c.”, in The Lady’s Magazine and Museum of the Belles-Lettres, Fine Arts, Music, Drama, Fashions, &c., volume IV, number 8, London: […] J Page, […]...
    • “My love,” he answered, stopping and holding her still before him, “have you not yet perceived how your great-grandmother’s marriage will affect us? When the Countess of Halston marries her butler, no one will even think twice about her great-grand-daughter wedding a pianofortist.”1976, Fiona Hill [pen name; Ellen Pall], Love in a Major Key, New York, N.Y.: Diversion Books, published 2014, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    pianist

Synonyms of pianofortist

Forms of pianofortist

pluralpianofortists

Origin of pianofortist

From pianoforte + -ist.

Questions about pianofortist

What does pianofortist mean?
Pianofortist means a person who plays the pianoforte.
What part of speech is pianofortist?
Pianofortist is a noun.
What is the plural of pianofortist?
The plural of pianofortist is pianofortists.

Words near pianofortist in the dictionary

  1. pianoed
  2. pianoes
  3. pianoforte
  4. pianofortes
  5. pianoforti
  6. pianofortist
  7. pianofortists
  8. pianograph
  9. pianographs
  10. pianoing
  11. pianoist

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