oboeist

English

Etymology

From oboe +‎ -ist.

Noun

oboeist (plural oboeists)

1. Alternative spelling of oboist
   • 1991, John Caldwell Holt, Never Too Late: My Musical Life Story, page 91:

     Here I could see, and not just in this oboeist, that this was not true at all, that at its best a great symphony orchestra plays with the same intensity and commitment that I had heard from the Herman band.

   • 1983, Catherine Z. Elgin, With Reference to Reference, page 74:

     The problem can perhaps be seen if we consider the note produced by an oboeist to which other members of an orchestra tune.

   • 1970, Robert Karplus, Physics and Man, page 77:

     His father was an oboeist in the Guards.

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