banjo (redirected from banjoist)

ban·jo  (bnj)

n. pl. ban·jos or ban·joes

A usually fretted stringed instrument having a narrow neck and a hollow circular body with a covering of plastic or stretched skin on which the bridge rests. The modern American banjo typically has four strings and often a short fifth string plucked with the thumb.

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[Akin to Jamaican English banja, fiddle; probably akin to Kimbundu and Tshiluba mbanza, a plucked stringed instrument.]

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banjo·ist n.

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banjo

Noun

pl -jos or -joes a stringed musical instrument with a long neck and a circular drumlike body [US pronunciation of earlier bandore]

banjoist n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

banjo - a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

Translations

banjo [pl banjoes or banjos] [ˈbændʒəu] n → banjo

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banjo [banjoes or banjos , pl ] [ˈbændʒəu] n → banjo m

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banjo [ˈbændʒəu] [banjoes or banjos , pl ] n → Banjo nt

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banjo [pl banjoes or banjos] [ˈbændʒəu] n → banjo m inv