piano player

piano player
noun
a person who plays the piano (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑pianist
• Derivationally related forms: ↑piano (for: ↑pianist)
• Hypernyms: ↑musician, ↑instrumentalist, ↑player
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Bartok, ↑Bela Bartok, ↑Blitzstein, ↑Marc Blitzstein, ↑Chopin, ↑Frederic Francois Chopin, ↑Czerny, ↑Karl Czerny, ↑Falla, ↑Manuel de Falla, ↑Hess, ↑Dame Myra Hess, ↑Horowitz, ↑Vladimir Horowitz, ↑Lewis, ↑Jerry Lee Lewis, ↑Liszt, ↑Franz Liszt, ↑Paderewski, ↑Ignace Paderewski, ↑Ignace Jan Paderewski, ↑Poulenc, ↑Francis Poulenc, ↑Rachmaninoff, ↑Sergei Rachmaninoff, ↑Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, ↑Rachmaninov, ↑Sergei Rachmaninov, ↑Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov, ↑Rubinstein, ↑Anton Rubenstein, ↑Anton Gregor Rubinstein, ↑Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein, ↑Arthur Rubinstein, ↑Artur Rubinstein, ↑Saint-Saens, ↑Charles Camille Saint-Saens, ↑Schnabel, ↑Artur Schnabel, ↑Schumann, ↑Clara Josephine Schumann, ↑Serkin, ↑Rudolf Serkin

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noun
1. : pianist
2. : a mechanism for reproducing the playing of piano music usually housed in a portable cabinet and consisting of an electropneumatic apparatus for turning a perforated roll representing the composition to be played and for actuating a series of levers which operate the piano keys

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1. pianist.
2. a mechanical device that actuates the keys of a player piano.
[1895-1900]

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