violinist

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
violin/vʌɪəˈlɪn/

▶noun a stringed musical instrument of treble pitch, having four strings and a body narrowed at the middle and with two f-shaped soundholes, played with a horsehair bow.

– derivatives
violinist noun.

– origin C16: from Ital. violino, dimin. of viola (see viola1).