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recitalist

recitalist noun: a person who performs in recitals.

Noun

recitalist (plural recitalists)

  1. A person who performs in recitals.
    • I visited the Cathedral at Cologne on the Sunday morning and sat in the organ loft with my friend, Professor Hans Bachem, who had given me a welcome on previous occasions and was anxious to come to London as a visiting recitalist at, say, Westminster Cathedral or the Albert Hall.1942 November and December, Chas. S. Lake, “Some Continental Travel Experiences—II: A Sunday in Cologne”, in Railway Magazine, page 349

Forms of recitalist

pluralrecitalists

Origin of recitalist

From recital + -ist.

Questions about recitalist

What does recitalist mean?
Recitalist means a person who performs in recitals.
What part of speech is recitalist?
Recitalist is a noun.
What is the plural of recitalist?
The plural of recitalist is recitalists.

Words near recitalist in the dictionary

  1. recissions
  2. recissory
  3. recit
  4. recitable
  5. recital
  6. recitalist
  7. recitalists
  8. recitals
  9. recitatif
  10. recitatifs
  11. recitation

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