Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who plays on the harp; a harper.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A player on the harp; a harper.

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  • noun person who plays a harp

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

  • noun someone who plays the harp

Etymologies

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harp +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • The harpist is talented and quite lovely, but she should get someone to work on the arrangement.

    Harp Cover Songs » E-Mail 2009

  • The harpist is talented and quite lovely, but she should get someone to work on the arrangement.

    Harp Cover Songs 2009

  • His youngest daughter Lily is a classical harpist who helps out with sewing and embroidery.

    John Seed: John Frame: The Intuitive John Seed 2011

  • In what one could call his middle period, he and I used to meet for drinks in the Zanzibar, that pre-Groucho haunt in Covent Garden, or for tea in the vast lounge of the Piccadilly Hotel now the Meridien, where we were often alone except for the harpist plinking away in the middle distance, her large handbag at her feet.

    My hero: Victoria Glendinning on John Gross 2011

  • I will tell you that the place was NOT at all like the Hospitals here in the states, which now include waterfalls, a harpist in the entry, barista's serving lattes, soothing art work everywhere (they look like grand hotels) NO WAY ...... the IMSS hospital was lime-green tile everywhere, highlighted by those nasty fluorescent tube lights and not one sign of creature comfort.

    Access to medical specialists at Lakeside 2009

  • His youngest daughter Lily is a classical harpist who helps out with sewing and embroidery.

    John Seed: John Frame: The Intuitive John Seed 2011

  • It was beautiful, with a special table just for the wedding cake (my friend made along with the tiny bride and groon dolls on the top!!!) .... and I hired a harpist to play at the side of the yard.

    Victoria Magazine June 1990, 1994 2009

  • Cristina Braga, the first harpist of the Symphonic Orchestra of Rio's Municipal Theater, created the event nine years ago, and recruited the renowned classical guitarist Turíbio Santos to serve as its artistic director.

    Chris McGowan: Brazil's Coffee Valley Music Festival Draws Crowds to Historic Region Chris McGowan 2011

  • I will tell you that the place was NOT at all like the Hospitals here in the states, which now include waterfalls, a harpist in the entry, barista's serving lattes, soothing art work everywhere (they look like grand hotels) NO WAY ...... the IMSS hospital was lime-green tile everywhere, highlighted by those nasty fluorescent tube lights and not one sign of creature comfort.

    Access to medical specialists at Lakeside 2009

  • I will tell you that the place was NOT at all like the Hospitals here in the states, which now include waterfalls, a harpist in the entry, barista's serving lattes, soothing art work everywhere (they look like grand hotels) NO WAY ...... the IMSS hospital was lime-green tile everywhere, highlighted by those nasty fluorescent tube lights and not one sign of creature comfort.

    Access to medical specialists at Lakeside 2009

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