musician

• musitian (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /mjuˈzɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: mu‧si‧cian

musician (plural musicians)

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

   Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar.

   • 2024 June 27, Clay Risen, “Kinky Friedman, 79, Dies; Musician and Humorist Slew Sacred Cows”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2024 September 5, Maia Coleman, “The Bands and the Fans Were Fake. The $10 Million Was Real.”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     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.

• musicianer (slang)

• See also Thesaurus:musician

musician

1. alternative form of musicien