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Definition of "organist" []

  • A musician who plays the organ. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "organist" in a sentence
  • "She has been the Abbey's main organist since 1995."
  • "It permits the organist a surprising degree of freedom of expression, even to the extent that every organist is a kind of composer in his or her own right, by virtue of the tempos and stops chosen for each piece."
  • "The organist is future director G. Wallace Woodworth."