Definition of Menuhin

1. Noun. British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999).

Exact synonyms: Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin
Generic synonyms: Fiddler, Violinist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menuhin

Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium
Mentha rotundifolia
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor
Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin (current term)
Menura
Menurae
Menuridae
Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata
Menziesia
Menziesia ferruginea
Menziesia pilosa
Mephaquine
Mephistophelean
Mephistopheles
Mephitinae
Mephitis
Mephitis macroura

Literary usage of Menuhin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Yehudi Menuhin played as solo violinist In Mozart's A major concerto at the ... The Bath Festival began in the restored Assembly Rooms; Yehudi Menuhin again ..."

2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Others honoured in the past include Dr. Martin Luther King, Yehudi Menuhin, Andre Malraux, U Thant, and Mother Teresa. Cancer : Dr Salk said that the moment ..."

3. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"We later discovered that he was Yehudi Menuhin! At that time he was eleven years old but four years earlier, at the age of seven, he was violin soloist with ..."

4. Bermuda by Don Philpott, George Watkins (2002)
"... Bermuda Civic Ballet; National Dance Theatre of Bermuda; the Menuhin Foundation and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Bermuda. ..."

5. The Jewish Travel Guide by Betsy Sheldon (2001)
"... Barbara Boxer, and Harvey Milk), musical masters (Isaac Stern and Yehudi Menuhin), and literary legends (Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas). ..."

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