mandolinistn.
/ˌmandəˈlɪnɪst/, /ˈmandəlɪnɪst/, /ˈmandl̩ɪnɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌmændəˈlɪnᵻst/ A person who plays the mandolin.
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mandolinist1863
1863 Morning Post 26 June 1/5 (advt.) Signor Vailati, the celebrated blind mandolinist.
1881 Lord W. P. Lennox Plays, Players & Playhouses II. xiv. 208 One orchestra of Taiganes [perh. read Tsiganes], company of Spanish mandolinists.
1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) I. 45/1 How late you are! You have missed my new mandolinist.
1937 Tempo Oct. 24/3 American Guild of banjoists, mandolinists and guitarists.
1991 Dirty Linen Oct. 35/2 The former translator..is also an accomplished thrash mandolinist and fiddler with a bit of a Balkan bent.
2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 14 Jan. vii. 3/2 Contemporary string bassist..Meyer joins the young bluegrass mandolinist Thile for an eclectic mix of classical, bluegrass and crossover.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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