Meanings
plural pianistes
- A female pianist.
Not only did Carré state that she could covertly contact a pianiste, but this man had also managed to evade capture by the Germans!
2012, Debra Milligan, The Dawn2 more examples
I have never published any of my compositions because I feel that they cannot add anything to my reputation as a pianiste, of which I am—-
1912, Mary Greer ConklinMix, Conversation: What to Say and How to Say It, page 96Margaret is in the drawing room, thumping the life from some unfortunate sonata. She is persistent, but she will never make a pianiste.
2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 36
Origin
- Frenchpianiste
- Frenchpianiste
- Englishpianiste
Borrowed from French pianiste (“pianist (male or female)”).
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