From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishguitaristgui‧tar‧ist /ɡɪˈtɑːrɪst/ ●○○ noun [countable] someone who plays the guitar
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guitarist• Then Charlie was smearing blood over his face and wiping it over the bass guitarist.• Angels, she says, came down to carry the young blues guitarist to heaven.• In August 1997, the band announced the addition of guitarist Charlotte Hatherley.• Of all the guitarists I've ever heard, he's easily my favourite.• Featuring his regular young guitarist partner Howard Alden with lack Lesberg on bass; superbly musical chamber jazz. 