Definition of Oboist

1. Noun. A musician who plays the oboe.

Generic synonyms: Instrumentalist, Musician, Player
Derivative terms: Oboe

Definition of Oboist

1. n. A performer on the oboe.

Definition of Oboist

1. Noun. A performer on the oboe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oboist

1. one who plays the oboe [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oboist

obnoxiousnesses
obnubilate
obnubilated
obnubilates
obnubilating
obnubilation
obnubilations
obo
oboe
oboe d'amore
oboe da caccia
oboeist
oboeists
oboelike
oboes
oboist (current term)
oboists
obol
obolary
obole
oboles
oboli
obolize
obolized
obolizes
obolizing
obolo
oboloi
obols
obolus

Literary usage of Oboist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary by Rupert Hughes (1912)
"3rd son of (4); oboist and bass-violist ; c. flute- ... (u) Pierre, Paris, 1681—1740(7); oboist, flutist and violist ; c. suites and prod, a pastorale at ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"At the age of fifteen he came, to Vienna, and was engaged as oboist in ... He soon after went to Bucharest, where he had obtained an engagement as oboist. ..."

3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"In 1716 he became oboist in the Chambre, and bass violinist in the Grande Écurie. ... the second son, born Sept 7, 1686, succeeded his father as oboist in ..."

4. British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and by James Duff Brown, Stephen Samuel Stratton (1897)
"oboist at the opera, 1768. PARKER. Concerto player at Vauxhall, 1771. Principal oboist at Drury Lane, 1771. Member of King's Private Band. ..."

5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"143) of the practical jokes played on the popular oboist by the Prince of Wales and ... Thin testimony of the younger Purke, himself an oboist of repute, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"4,1686, succeeded his father as oboist in the Chambre, and died about 1725. ... 1726, was oboist in the Chambre and the Grande Ecurie. ..."

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