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n. - A musician who plays a mid-sized bowed, stringed instrument used mostly for harmonies and not for solos.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: n. - A musician who plays a mid-sized bowed, stringed instrument used mostly for harmonies and not for solos. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: n-A musician who plays a bowed, fretted, stringed musical instrument developed in mid-late 15th century and used in Renaissance and Baroque periods.