musician

Definition

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to music + -ian.

Example Sentences

• "Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar."
• "He joined Little Jewford and other musicians — all with outlandish stage names, like Wichita Culpepper and Sky Cap Adams — to form Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys in 1973."
• "Mr. Smith, a flesh-and-blood musician, produced A.I.-generated music and played it billions of times using bots he had programmed, according to the indictment."