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VIOLIN MAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does violin maker mean?
• VIOLIN MAKER (noun)
The noun VIOLIN MAKER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: VIOLIN MAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes violins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("violin maker" is a kind of...):
maker; shaper (a person who makes things)
Instance hyponyms:
Amati; Nicola Amati; Nicolo Amati (Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684))
Andrea Guarneri; Guarneri; Guarnerius; Guarnieri (founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698))
Guarneri; Guarnerius; Guarnieri; Guiseppe Guarneri (Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745))
Antonio Stradivari; Antonius Stradivarius; Stradivari; Stradivarius (Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737))
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