mu·si·cian

[myoo-zish-uhn]
noun
1.
a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
2.
any person, whether professional or not, skilled in music.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English musicien < Middle French. See music, -ian

mu·si·cian·ly, adjective
un·mu·si·cian·ly, adjective
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musician (mjuːˈzɪʃən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person who plays or composes music, esp as a profession
 
mu'sicianly
 
adj

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Musician is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History

musician
late 14c., "one skilled in music," from music (q.v.). Sense of "professional musical performer" first recorded mid-15c.
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Example sentences
For the musician there has been a phenomenal advance beyond the rigid rhythmic
  and harmonic limitations of the older music.
He had been a musician at one time and a teacher of music at another.
As a gifted musician, he moved into a world of performers and connoisseurs.
But ask a musician what he or she first hear in a song and the answer is never
  the words.
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