harpistn.
/ˈhɑːpɪst/, U.S. /ˈhɑrpəst/ A (professional) harper.
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1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 101 That Oeagrian Harpist, for whose laye, Tygers with hunger pinde and left their prey.
1856 E. Capern Poems (ed. 2) 141 'Twas a little fairy harpist Playing on the subtle air.
1890 Guardian 24 Sept. 1472/2 Mr. John Thomas, harpist to the Queen.
1898 S. A. Brooke Eng. Lit. fr. Beginnings to Norman Conquest ii. 41 As far as we can go back with certainty we find the Teutonic..harpists and singers.
1948 K. Malone in A. C. Baugh Lit. Hist. England i. 46 Whether Scilling was Widsith's harpist or a fellow scop..we cannot tell.
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