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Definition of Organist
1. Noun. A person who plays an organ.
Specialized synonyms: Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Anton Bruckner, Bruckner, Byrd, William Byrd, Couperin, Francois Couperin, Henry Purcell, Purcell, Albert Schweitzer, Schweitzer, Tallis, Thomas Tallis
Derivative terms: Organ, Organ, Organ
Definition of Organist
1. n. One who plays on the organ.
Definition of Organist
1. Noun. A musician who plays the organ. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Organist
1. one who plays the organ (a keyboard musical instrument) [n -S]
Medical Definition of Organist
1. 1. One who plays on the organ. 2. One of the priests who organised or sung in parts. Origin: Cf. F. Organiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Organist
Literary usage of Organist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"He was a son of Johann Sebastian Bach and was organist in the Cathedral of Milan
1760-62. From the latter year he resided in London and became music master ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"Warren, George William, organist and composer, born in Racine, Wis., in 1829;
died in New York, March 16, 1902. He showed great ability in music from an ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1849)
"That the organist, as master of the boys, should more completely direct their
... Thomas Haylett, organist of Chester Cathedral, formerly of the Choirs, ..."
4. The Musical World (1888)
"The authority of the clergyman the organist is bound to recognise ... A good
organist, when he needs help or advice, will not shrink to ask for it; ..."
5. Memorials of St. James's Palace by Edgar Sheppard (1894)
"1591 1628 Dr. Orlando Gibbons, organist . . . 1604 1625 Thomas Tomkins, organist .
... 161)9 1708 Dr. William Croft, organist and composer . 1704 1727 (org. ..."
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