Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A musician who plays in a band.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A musician who plays in a band.
  • noun In mining, a miner who works in connection with the band or flat rope by which the coal or other mineral is hoisted.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a player in a musical band, especially a military or brass one

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a player in a band (especially a military band)

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Examples

  • He left school at 13 for a 10 shilling job as a Liptons Teas delivery boy, and went on to work as a pageboy in a ladies 'club, a cabin boy? after, he insisted, walking from London to Cardiff to join the merchant navy? and having learned in his days as a bandsman in the army, a useful boxer despite his slight frame.

    Norman Wisdom, last survivor of the music halls, dies aged 95 Maev Kennedy 2010

  • He made his first appearance as an entertainer with a comedy boxing routine at an army concert, and developed his musical skills when he joined the Royal Corps of Signals as a bandsman in 1943.

    Sir Norman Wisdom obituary Stephen Dixon 2010

  • Thirty thousand people attended Hartley's funeral in his home town, Colne, and memorials to the bandsman of the Titanic were created in several countries.

    The great unknowns get their chapters in history 2010

  • "The officer was right in demanding marches that the men could march by," one disgruntled bandsman told a reporter.

    Making Bitter Fernet-Branca Much Easier to Swallow 2009

  • In 1985, while studying at the J.illiard School, Mr. Benjamin made his second life-changing discovery: Through a convoluted series of personal connections beginning with his ex-bandsman grandfather, he was directed to a derelict warehouse in Asbury Park, N.J. Inside was the vast music collection of Arthur Pryor (1870-1942), one of the star band conductors of the Victor Talking Machine Co. (predecessor of RCA-Victor and BMG).

    Benjamin's Ragtime Band 2008

  • Husni Mubarak of winner team was termed as best bandsman and Jehangir Khan of runner up team was declared as best baler.

    Chitral Premier League 2008 Cricket tournament concluded 2008

  • Husni Mubarak of winner team was termed as best bandsman and Jehangir Khan of runner up team was declared as best baler.

    Sports news 2008

  • Husni Mubarak of winner team was termed as best bandsman and Jehangir Khan of runner up team was declared as best baler.

    Chitral Premier League 2008 Cricket tournament concluded 2008

  • “To the daughter of the regimental bandsman Mirouet.”

    Ursula 2006

  • Ursula Mirouet, daughter of a bandsman in a regiment, without money, and whose father — alas!

    Ursula 2006

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