"bassist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bassist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bassists [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪst Etymology: bass + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bass|ist}} bass + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} bassist (plural bassists)
  1. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar. Wikipedia link: bassist Categories (topical): Musicians, People Translations (musician): басіст (basist) [masculine] (Belarusian), бас-гітарыст (bas-hitaryst) [masculine] (Belarusian), басістка (basistka) [feminine] (Belarusian), бас-гітарыстка (bas-hitarystka) [feminine] (Belarusian), baixista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 貝斯手 (Chinese Mandarin), 贝斯手 (bèisīshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), basista [masculine] (Czech), bassist [masculine] (Dutch), basisti (Finnish), bassiste [masculine] (French), ბასისტი (basisṭi) (Georgian), ბას-გიტარისტი (bas-giṭarisṭi) (Georgian), Bassist [masculine] (German), μπασίστας (basístas) (Greek), dordóir [masculine] (Irish), ベーシスト (bēsisuto) (Japanese), 베이시스트 (beisiseuteu) (Korean), basista [masculine] (Polish), basistka [feminine] (Polish), baixista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), баси́ст (basíst) [masculine] (Russian), бас-гитари́ст (bas-gitaríst) [masculine] (Russian), баси́стка (basístka) [feminine] (Russian), бас-гитари́стка (bas-gitarístka) [feminine] (Russian), bajista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), basist [common-gender] (Swedish), баси́ст (basýst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бас-гітарист (bas-hitaryst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), баси́стка (basýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), бас-гітари́стка (bas-hitarýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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  "word": "bassist"
}

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