guitarist

[ gi-tahr-ist ]

noun
  1. a performer on the guitar.

Origin of guitarist

1
First recorded in 1760–70; guitar + -ist

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How to use guitarist in a sentence

  • Piano organs enliven the streets, playing popular dance music, and these seem to have superseded the performances of guitarists.

    The Story of Seville | Walter M. Gallichan
  • Some nights she fills her house with guitarists and dancers, for so many girls in Seville are good singers and dancers.

    The Blood of the Arena | Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • The guitarists scarcely played; surfeited with wine, they leaned over their instruments in pleasant drowsiness.

    The Blood of the Arena | Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • Sometimes it was a strife between two lute-players, sometimes guitarists would engage, and sometimes mere wrestlers.