Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially a double bass or bass guitar.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who sings bass or plays a bass instrument.
Wiktionary
- n. A musician who plays a bass instrument.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a musician who play the bass viol
Examples
“The bassist is Malachi Favors, who I'm reasonably certain (but not at all positive) is the one on the 20th-anniversary banner. posted by Matthew @ 3: 00 PM”
“This was the bassist from the walkmen (whose name escapes me).”
“Shina Darnicious: that bassist is the sexiest goddamn man ive ever seen ... the drummer is a pony in the wind if you ask me ... chai”
“- including long-term bassist Steve Hanley - walking out after an on-stage punch-up that resulted in Smith spending the night in a cell.”
FallNews - they grease the roads! *truckers' pin-up edition*
“The band’s bassist is from Richmond, and they have a decent concentration of fans here.”
Waldo Jaquith - Man says Allen’s ex-wife admitted he abused her.
“This weekend, two orchestras will honor the men who made mambo: at Rose Hall, one outstanding Latin American bassist salutes another as Carlos Henriquez leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in the music of the Cuban composer and innovator Israel Cachao Lopez 1918-2008.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Jazz Scene: Rhythm Kings and the Chairman of the Board
“The drummer wore a white t-shirt, the bassist was a bit nerdy, and I, as the lead guitarist had to have wild hair.”
The Huffington Post: Joel Edmondson: Are Design Firms The New Rock Bands?
“WellÂknown as the bassist for the band Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious might be even better known for all the trouble he got himself in to.”
“Opener Derrick Hodge is best known as a bassist who's supported artists as varied as Terence Blanchard, Common, Mulgrew Miller and Kanye West.”
“It felt really like something was rolling here, more than I felt like in any other city up to that point, recalled bassist William Cashion in an interview over Natty Bohs at the Mt. Royal Tavern.”
The Washington Post: Future Islands finds a home and its sound
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bassist’.
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MUSIC - jazz
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sistrurus
pygmy rattlers (do you feel shaken?)
resistor, transistor, sister, assist, Pisistratus, unsisting, persist, consist, insist, insistence, discursist, irresistible and 45 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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