Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who composes, conducts, or performs music, especially instrumental music.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who makes music a profession or otherwise devotes himself to it, whether as composer, performer, critic, theorist, or historian.
Wiktionary
- n. A composer, conductor, or performer of music.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.
WordNet 3.0
- n. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
- n. someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Etymologies
- music + -ian (Wiktionary)
- Middle English musicien, from Old French, from Latin mūsica, music; see music. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A name musician was what she needed — someone important, someone their momma and Aunt Tiny would pay attention to.”
“We batted back and forth what you call a musician who plays a euphonium--euphoniumist, euphoniumer, or my personal favorite--euphonist.”
“Yes, indeed; he's what they call a musician _di primo cartello_!" he exclaimed, with a sudden determination.”
“Charlie is truly what we call a musician's musician.”
“He was much debated and this young musician is still knocked on.”
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“Given this, each of these vernaculars has its own ‘king’ or ‘queen’ as far as the level of talents possessed by said musician is concerned.”
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“Song Clip: 'After You've Gone' From its opening bars, the music proves the disc isn't a vanity project or another role for the 52-year-old Mr. Laurie, who in the U.K. is known as a musician and comedian as well as a dramatic actor.”
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“The movie The Lightning Thief, has excellent special effects (Hades in the fire and looking like an old rock musician is well done) and tells the story of Percy Jackson, half human, half Olympian God.”
“A 2005 study by David DeLambo of the Diocese of Cleveland says that the musicians are the highest-paid people on the parish payroll but their salary only barely matches the national average for all types of employment, even though a serious Church musician is a highly trained professional with a highly specialized and irreplaceable job.”
“A musician is anyone who sings or plays a musical instrument.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘musician’.
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MANY A WORD!
This is just a list, right, that I'm gonna, like, fill with words, that, like, are every word that I can, like, think of with, ahhmm, my brain.
and, able, art, ass, algebra, amp, ankle, booze, bong, aura, bling, bright and 134 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
Afro, habanera, pentatonic scale, bop, bebop, jazz, cool jazz, pentatonic, malignment, music genre, jazz musician, syncopate and 437 more...
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occupations
actor, actress, archaelogist, soldier, cook, lawyer, gardener, grocr, bank official, barman, barmaid, baber and 50 more...
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artists
different kind of artists.. any kind (general or specific types).
algorist, painter, sculptor, singer, musician, dancer, writer, puppeteer, actor, poet, cartoonist, photographer and 19 more...
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Creative List
Words that evoke creativity
creativity, accidental, serendipity, chance, innocence, child, imagination, intuition, Steve jobs, Michaelangelo, Bach, Escher and 28 more...
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identifiers
species, sex, age bracket, occupation, hobby .. etc.
man, woman, human being, student, zombie, artist, octopus, race driver, scientist, algorithmist, mathematician, child and 59 more...
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Favorite Tangible Object Words
Trimming the "Chained Bear's Favorites" list so I don't crash people's computers... like my own...
castanets, whaup, budgie, wallabies, ring-wraith, hobbit, chinchilla, guano, merganser, phalarope, phalarope, curlew and 138 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, M
metamerism, malady, margin, marauder, maverick, mercury, mirth, mandible, macerate, meteor, manumission, mica and 292 more...
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A Myriad of Irii
Iris varieties.
abbondanza, abiqua falls, about town, above the clouds, acadian miss, acapulco gold, act of kindness, adoregon, aegean wind, afternoon in rio, aggressively forward, agua fresca and 721 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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Trades Featured in R. Campbell's The ...
Hey kids! What do YOU want to be when you grow up?!
Reprint edition, Devon: Latimer Trend & Co., Ltd., 1969. Full original citation (you'd better grab a drink and sit down) is:
...woollen draper, wood monger, wood cutter, wine cooper, woolsted man, wool card maker, wool comber, wool stapler, wire drawer, whalebone-man, whip maker, weaver and 343 more...
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