"harpist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɑɹpɪst/ [US] Forms: harpists [plural]
Etymology: From harp + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|harp|-ist}} harp + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} harpist (plural harpists)
  1. Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp. Categories (topical): Musicians, People Synonyms: harp-player, harper Derived forms: electric harpist, glass harpist, jaw harpist, Jew's harpist, mouth harpist Translations (Person who plays the harp): տավիղահար (taviġahar) (Armenian), арфіст (arfist) [masculine] (Belarusian), арфістка (arfistka) [feminine] (Belarusian), arpista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 豎琴家 (Chinese Cantonese), 竖琴家 (syu⁶ kam⁴ gaa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 豎琴家 (Chinese Mandarin), 竖琴家 (shùqínjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), harfenista [masculine] (Czech), harfista [masculine] (Czech), harpist [masculine] (Dutch), harpiste [feminine] (Dutch), harpisto (Esperanto), harpisti (Finnish), harpiste [feminine, masculine] (French), arpista (Galician), Harfenspieler [masculine] (German), Harfenspielerin [feminine] (German), Harfenist [masculine] (German), Harfenistin [feminine] (German), cláirseoir [masculine] (Irish), cruitire [masculine] (Irish), arpista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), fidicen [masculine] (Latin), kaiwhakatangi hāpa (Maori), herpeor [masculine] (Old French), harfista [masculine] (Polish), harfistka [feminine] (Polish), harpista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), arpári [masculine] (Romani), harpist [masculine] (Romanian), harpistă [feminine] (Romanian), арфи́ст (arfíst) [masculine] (Russian), арфи́стка (arfístka) [feminine] (Russian), clàrsair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), arpista (Spanish), harpist [common-gender] (Swedish), telynor [masculine] (Welsh), telynores [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "fro",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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          ],
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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          ],
          "word": "cruitire"
        },
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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        },
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
          "word": "kaiwhakatangi hāpa"
        },
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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        },
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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        },
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "арфи́стка"
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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          "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "word": "electric harpist"
    },
    {
      "word": "glass harpist"
    },
    {
      "word": "jaw harpist"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jew's harpist"
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      "word": "mouth harpist"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "taviġahar",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "word": "տավիղահար"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "arfist",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "арфіст"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "arfistka",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arpista"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "word": "豎琴家"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "syu⁶ kam⁴ gaa¹",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "word": "竖琴家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "word": "豎琴家"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shùqínjiā",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "code": "fro",
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      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
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      "word": "cláirseoir"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cruitire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "arpista"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fidicen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "word": "kaiwhakatangi hāpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "harfista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "harfistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "harpista"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arpári"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "harpist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "harpistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "arfíst",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "арфи́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "arfístka",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "арфи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clàrsair"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "word": "arpista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "harpist"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telynor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Person who plays the harp",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telynores"
    }
  ],
  "word": "harpist"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.