trombone player
3
3.2
- noun
- /trɒmˈboʊn ˈpleɪər/
:
trombonista
- The trombone player performed a stunning solo that captivated the entire audience.
Examples
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In the same way, she turns over the anecdotes of my mother's career, over and over, to make them, by this constant handling, into events that could have happened to her, and I sometimes wonder if there is not another album in this small apartment, on the edge of this bucolic college campus, another album that features pictures of Aunt Bess sitting on the lap of a trombone player in Morocco.
Fiction book (1990) -
My mother sits on the lap of one of these men, a trombone player by the name of Chuck Martin.
Fiction book (1990) -
There was a trombone player.
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I used to be in the Army as a trombone player.
Fiction book (1999) -
"We have a set list," says Guy Barker, the trombone player, "but it only lasts as long as two or three songs."
Academic text (2001) -
A beat-elimination demonstration involving two trombone players is a great way to begin.
Academic text (1990) -
Jan described her experience sitting in the back row of mostly male trumpet and trombone players.
Academic text (2015) -
If that same late-nineteenth-century gentleman were a trombone player in the Sousa Band and he walked into a modern rehearsal room, would it be "mind-blowingly strange"?
Academic text (2013) -
For instance, when working with the clarinets to achieve a desired articulation, the teacher might ask the trombone players to listen and assess the clarinetists' performance.
Academic text (2001) -
Younger members can enjoy stories of the cymbals that hit the floor moments before the performance, the time a trombone player got lost in another town, or the time the xylophone player forgot her mallets and used claves to play her part, for example.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
644
1.8
A person who plays or writes music for others
219
2.2
A person who performs music on an instrument for a living
3
5.2
A person who plays a large brass instrument with a long slide in bands or orchestras
How Skilled
3
5.2
3
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a musician who plays the trombone' is directly and compositionally derived from 'trombone' (the instrument) + 'player' (one who plays). This noun + player pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Trombone player simply names someone who plays the trombone, joining trombone and player into one term. The trombone is like a big trumpet with a long slide that the musician moves to change notes, so the phrase means 'a musician who plays that instrument'.