keyboardist

noun

key·​board·​ist ˈkē-ˌbȯr-dist How to pronounce keyboardist (audio)
Synonyms of keyboardistnext
: a person who plays a keyboard musical instrument

Examples of keyboardist in a Sentence

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The core four of bassist John Taylor, frontman Simon Le Bon, drummer Roger Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes still boast pop star cheekbones, coiffed hair and swagger. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 May 2026 But things started to fall apart in the summer of 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin (the brother of Prince associates Susannah and Wendy Melvoin) and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a New York City hotel room. Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026 Keith Lockhart’s Pops are pretty accustomed to disrupting dogma (see recent performances with jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis and Jerry Garcia keyboardist Melvin Seals). Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026 In 2015 White married Jonathan Cain, famous keyboardist and songwriter for the rock band Journey, and changed her legal name to White-Cain. Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for keyboardist

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of keyboardist was in 1973

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“Keyboardist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keyboardist. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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