[f. prec. + -IST.] A player on the accordion.
1873. J. M. Bailey, Life in Danbury, 129. The Cherry-Street accordionist is a genuine artist, a man whose soul is two-thirds full of music.
1887. Hall Caine, Son of Hagar, I. xvi. The church was too poor for an organ; it had not yet reached the dignity of an harmonium; but it had an accordion, and among the parson’s offices was the office of accordionist.
1922. W. Williams, Horny Hands, etc., ii. 26. Except when the babies cry or the dogs get excited, the cornetist and the ‘accordionist,’ just opposite, are the prize winners, especially when they are accompanied by the drummer.
