English Explanatory Dictionary

second violin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

second violin second violins

Related words

first violin second violinist violin second fiddle play second fiddle
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