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pi·an·ist

 (pē-ăn′ĭst, pē′ə-nĭst)
n.
One who plays the piano.
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pianist

(ˈpɪənɪst)
n
(Music, other) a person who plays the piano
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pi•an•ist

(piˈæn ɪst, ˈpyæn-, ˈpi ə nɪst)

n.
a person who plays the piano, esp. one who performs expertly or professionally.
[1830–40; < French pianiste < Italian pianista. See piano1, -ist]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pianist - a person who plays the pianopianist - a person who plays the piano  
instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
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Translations
عازِف البيانولاعِب البِيَّانو
klavíristapianista
pianist
pianisti
pijanist
zongoristazongoraművész
píanóleikari
ピアニスト
피아니스트
pianistpianistă
klavirista
pianist
pianist
นักเปียโน
nghệ sĩ piano

pianist

[ˈpɪənɪst] Npianista mf
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pianist

[ˈpiːənɪst] npianiste m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pianist

nKlavierspieler(in) m(f); (= concert pianist)Pianist(in) m(f)
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pianist

[ˈpɪənɪst] npianista m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

piano

(piˈӕnəu) plural piˈanos noun
a large musical instrument played by pressing keys which make hammers strike stretched wires. She plays the piano very well; (also adjective) piano music.
pianist (ˈpiənist) noun
a person who plays the piano.
piˌano-acˈcordion noun
a type of accordion with a keyboard like that of a piano.
pianoforte (piӕnəuˈfoːti) noun
a piano.
grand piano
a large piano in which the wires are stretched horizontally.
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pianist

لاعِب البِيَّانو pianista pianist Pianist πιανίστας pianista pianisti pianiste pijanist pianista ピアニスト 피아니스트 pianist pianist pianista pianista пианист pianist นักเปียโน piyanist nghệ sĩ piano 钢琴演奏者
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References in classic literature ?
You don't mind a man being two bars in front of the accompaniment, and easing up in the middle of a line to argue it out with the pianist, and then starting the verse afresh.
Brilliant performance of prelude to the Judge's song in "Trial by Jury" by nervous Pianist. Moment arrives for Harris to join in.
A general air of surprise and genuine satisfaction fell upon every one as they saw the pianist enter.
The young woman was unable to answer; she pressed the hand of the pianist convulsively.
And when the fiddler, peering into the front room, remarked to the pianist, "It's Burning Daylight," the waltz-time perceptibly quickened, and the dancers, catching the contagion, began to whirl about as if they really enjoyed it.
The harlequin leapt upon him and hit him over the helmet; the pianist playing "Where did you get that hat?" he faced about in admirably simulated astonishment, and then the leaping harlequin hit him again (the pianist suggesting a few bars of "Then we had another one").
There was only one break in the dreary monotony of that month: when Blind d'Arnault, the Negro pianist, came to town.
At the second trial the fair pianist's eye and hand were in perfect harmony.
Fyne, who came out into the hall with her hat on; for she was about to go out to hear a new pianist (a girl) in a friend's house.
This lingering diffidence seemed to give a peculiar value to what was definite and assured in her manner; it made it seem like an accomplishment, a beautiful talent, something that one might compare to an exquisite touch in a pianist. It was, in fact, Madame de Cintre's "authority," as they say of artists, that especially impressed and fascinated Newman; he always came back to the feeling that when he should complete himself by taking a wife, that was the way he should like his wife to interpret him to the world.
There was a Madame de Raudon, who certainly had a matinee musicale at Wildbad, accompanied by Herr Spoff, premier pianist to the Hospodar of Wallachia, and my little friend Mr.
But that Herschel, for example, who "broke the barriers of the heavens"--did he not once play a provincial church-organ, and give music-lessons to stumbling pianists? Each of those Shining Ones had to walk on the earth among neighbors who perhaps thought much more of his gait and his garments than of anything which was to give him a title to everlasting fame: each of them had his little local personal history sprinkled with small temptations and sordid cares, which made the retarding friction of his course towards final companionship with the immortals.