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com·pos·er

[kuhm-poh-zer]
noun
1.
a person or thing that composes.
2.
a person who writes music.
3.
an author.

Origin:
1555–65; compose + -er1
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Example Sentences
  • The education of a young composer in a time of revolution.
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  • The composer constructs a situation on the board that is theoretically possible, although often highly improbable.
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composer (kəmˈpəʊzə)
 
n
1.  a person who composes music
2.  a person or machine that composes anything, esp type for printing

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composer
"one who writes and arranges music," 1590s, from compose. Used in general sense of "one who combines into a whole" from 1640s, but the music sense remains the predominant one.
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