Definition of "contrabassist" []

• Someone who plays the contrabass. (noun)

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• "At the head of this extraordinary company was the great contrabassist Bottesini, assisted by Arditi."
• "Lipinsky and myself as to his own numerous grievances, he actually accused me of having threatened, by my remarks in the contrabassist case, to undermine the well-established rights of the members of the orchestra, whose welfare it was my duty to protect."
• "Lipinsky urged me to arrange that the post should not be filled in the usual way by promotion from the ranks of our own orchestra, but should be given, on his recommendation, to a distinguished and skilful contrabassist from Darmstadt named"