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mu·si·cian
/
myuˈzɪʃ
ən
/
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myoo-
zish
-
uh
n
]
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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
Related forms
mu·si·cian·ly,
adjective
un·mu·si·cian·ly,
adjective
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musician
(mjuːˈzɪʃən)
—
n
a person who plays or composes music, esp as a profession
mu'sicianly
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
musician
late 14c., "one skilled in music," from
music
(q.v.). Sense of "professional musical performer" first recorded mid-15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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.
Even the kicking legs seem to brush past the plant stems in the style of a
musician
plucking a guitar string.
Each
musician
has tried to explain what they feel for them.
Endangered instruments tug one
musician
's heartstrings.
His music has a magical feel to it and he's such a fantastic
musician
.
Spring is drawing nigh, and all the
musician
types are preparing to emerge from their dens of iniquity with new releases.
He was a career changer, btw, and had been a professional jazz
musician
before turning to econ.
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