- a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
- In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with an instrumental or vocal soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner. ...
- The Accompanist is a 1992 French film directed by Claude Miller from a novel by Nina Berberova, and starring Romane Bohringer, Yelena Safonova and Richard Bohringer.
- An instrumentalist who plays music beneath the singing.
- (n) : one who plays with
- New Directions, 2003.