Definitions
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- noun A person who is not a
musician .
Etymologies
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non- + musician
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Examples
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And the wildly popular videogame "Guitar Hero" allows even the most tone-deaf nonmusician to simulate the experience of rocking out.
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Among the crowd of singers and musicians whose local fame I assumed was worldwide was a sylph-like figure, a nonsinger and nonmusician who nonetheless seemed to be regarded quite highly in this small showbiz matrix.
Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007
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Donning bifocals won't turn 20/20 eyesight into X-ray vision, and wearing a hearing aid can't endow a nonmusician with the gift of perfect pitch.
Speedlinking 4/26/07 William Harryman 2007
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