Plural of pianist

regular plural

The plural of pianist is pianists.

Forms of pianist

Table IV shows that the pianists were significantly better on both motor and perceptual timing than the nonpianists.1987, Gordon H Bower, The psychology of learning and motivation: advances in research and theory
Of the great romantic pianists, Vladimir Horowitz and Serkin are the only ones still actively concertizing.1988 October 14, Dennis Polkow, “Serkin and Solti”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry concertize
In the piano stool there was a stack of music, mostly sentimental ballads intended to be sung by people with very average voices accompanied by not very competent pianists.2009, Carn Tiernan, On the Back of the Other Side, page 62. From the entry average
A later generation of bebop pianists would often be accused of one-handedness; their right hands flew along with melodies and improvisations, while their "weak" left hands just plonked chords.2009, Robin Kelley, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, →ISBN. From the entry one-handedness
And so I went there with the rehearsal pianists and we just did stagger-throughs, so that we could time it, so that we could know what was going on.1998, Opera, volume 49, numbers 7-10, page 1036. From the entry stagger-through

noun A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.
noun A spy using radio or wireless telegraphy to keep in touch with headquarters during the Second World War.

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