Meaning & use

oboist

noun·Advanced

A person who plays the oboe, especially as a professional musician.

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The orchestra's oboist played a haunting solo in the second movement.

She has trained as an oboist since she was eight years old.

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Refers specifically to a performer of the oboe, distinguishing it from other woodwind players like clarinetists or flutists.

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