second violin en · NOUN
Meanings
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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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| second violins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
violin · first violin · play second fiddle · first violin · second fiddle · second violinist