"second violin" meaning in All languages combined

See second violin on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: second violins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second violin (plural second violins)
  1. The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding; the violin that supplies this part, or (metonymic) the violinist who plays it. Related terms: first violin, second violinist, violin, second fiddle, play second fiddle

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