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WordNet -
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| composer |
noun |
| someone who composes music as a profession |
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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary -
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comˈposer noun
a writer,
especially of a piece of music
| Arabic: | مُؤَلِّف موسيقي |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 作曲者 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 作曲者 |
| Czech: | skladatel, spisovatel |
| Danish: | komponist |
| Dutch: | componist |
| Estonian: | helilooja |
| Finnish: | säveltäjä |
| French: | compositeur, *-trice |
| German: | der Komponist, der Dichter |
| Greek: | συνθέτης |
| Hungarian: | zeneszerző |
| Icelandic: | tónskáld |
| Indonesian: | komponis |
| Italian: | compositore |
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| Japanese: | 作曲家 |
| Korean: | 작곡가 |
| Latvian: | komponists |
| Lithuanian: | kompozitorius |
| Norwegian: | komponist, forfatter |
| Polish: | kompozytor |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | compositor |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | compositor |
| Romanian: | compozitor |
| Russian: | композитор |
| Slovak: | skladateľ, -ka |
| Slovenian: | skladatelj |
| Spanish: | compositor |
| Swedish: | kompositör, tonsättare |
| Turkish: | besteci, bestekâr |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -
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Composer
Com*pos"er\, n. 1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.
If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. --Addison.
His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. --Moore (Encyc. of Mus.).
2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference.
Sweet composers of the pensive soul. --Gay.
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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