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Definition of Banjoist
1. one who plays the banjo [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banjoist
Literary usage of Banjoist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date by Edward Le Roy Rice (1911)
"Cornu was born in Brussels, Belgium; he died in Brooklyn, NY, March 28, if TOMMY
JEFFERSON, an old-time banjoist and minstrel performer, who was with Kelly ..."
2. Southern Literary Readings by Leonidas Warren Payne (1913)
"(9) What humorous touch is intended in line 173? (10) How is the banjo introduced?
(The banjoist is also the host. See line 7. ..."
3. A History of American Literature Since 1870 by Fred Lewis Pattee (1915)
"They are a part of the history of the period: You know I am something of a banjoist.
WeH, one evening I was sitting in our back yard in old Mississippi ..."
4. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"... consisting of Juggling, Conjuring, Musical Grotesques, Illusions and Delusions,
Pianoforte Solos, Comic Nigger banjoist and Dancer. ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"... a banjoist. They all know each other's music, and can play from memory almost
any song or air that may be " inquired for." DB is a proficient on the ..."
6. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1920)
"... known him from having played before him in Berlin as a professional banjoist.
"If any one had formed a regiment for him in platoons," said Mr. Moore, ..."
7. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"Frank B. Converse, the banjo player, furnished the music for Peel, and William
Ross, banjoist, played for Carroll. In about an hour after the audience had ..."
8. French Traits: An Essay in Comparative Criticism by William Crary Brownell (1889)
"... one can fancy him asking in perplexity, " no difference between the respective
ways in which Beranger and a banjoist affect the English sensibil- ity? ..."
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