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second violin en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding; the violin that supplies this part, or (metonymic) the violinist who plays it.
    • Holonyms: string section < orchestra

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Coordinates

first violin

Hypernyms

violinist · violin

Relateds

violin · first violin · play second fiddle · first violin · second fiddle · second violinist