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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A person who plays the bassoon, a musical instrument in the woodwind family..
Actually there was recently a talented young female bassoonist who gave up a promising career on that sturdy instrument, not to do something more feminine but to take up bullfighting. This is Patricia Hayes of San Angelo, Texas, who has had spectacular success in the arenas of Mexico and Portugal. Unfortunately she is not America's only matadoress.
Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass.
Use bassoonist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bassoonist means A person who plays the bassoon, a musical instrument in the woodwind family..
Common synonyms include bassooner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Actually there was recently a talented young female bassoonist who gave up a promising career on that sturdy instrument, not to do something more feminine but to take up bullfighting. This is Patricia Hayes of San Angelo, Texas, who has had spectacular success in the arenas of Mexico and Portugal. Unfortunately she is not America's only matadoress.
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