bassist

From bass +‎ -ist.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪst
• Homophone: basest

bassist (plural bassists)

1. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.
   • 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.

   • 2024 May 1, Marcus J. Moore, “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Bass”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     By and large back then, bassists weren’t bandleaders; Mingus was an anomaly.

• absists

From bas +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈsɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bas‧sist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

bassist m (plural bassisten, diminutive bassistje n)

1. a musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist

   Synonym: basgitarist

• → Indonesian: basis