Definitions for musician
myuˈzɪʃ ənmu·si·cian

Princeton's WordNet(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. musician, instrumentalist, playernoun

   someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

2. musiciannoun

   artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

Wiktionary(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. musiciannoun

   A composer, conductor, or performer of music.

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Musiciannoun

   one skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument

2. Etymology: [F. musicien.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Musician

   A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession, or is musically talented. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music. A person who makes music a profession, anyone who is skilled in making music or performing music creatively, or one who composes, conducts, or performs music can be called a musician. Musicians can specialize in any music style, classical, rock and roll, choral, folk music, etc. Some musicians play in many different styles. Examples of musicians' skills are the orchestration of music, improvisation, conducting, singing, composing, arranging, and/or being an instrumentalist.

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. musician

   A person with the natural ability to sing or play a musical instrument.

   The musician was honest, loving and sang with beautiful tones.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Artist
   • Music
   • Performer

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'musician' in Nouns Frequency: #1968

How to pronounce musician?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say musician in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of musician in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of musician in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of musician in a Sentence

1. Mike Wolfe:

   It’s been really surreal the whole thing that has happened, now, we’re six years into it, and it’s kind of settled in, but now when someone comes up [to us] -- a musician or something-- that is a huge fan of the show and we’ve been fans of him forever, it’s kind of odd that he even knows who we are.

2. Muff Winwood:

   Musician Steve Winwood was definitely a man with a vision, and one of the pioneers of the British invasion of America in the sixties.

3. Rich Robinson:

   I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my life's body of work, i couldn't be more proud of what we accomplished and deeply moved by the relationships people created and maintained with my music. That alone is the greatest honor of being a musician.

4. Dr. Irvin Yalom:

   I've received many tributes but none touched me as yours did. you're both a musician and a very fine poet. An eminent Iranian composer, Pezhman Mosleh, has honored me with this gift (the piece of On the Threshold) - irv yalom

5. Peter Weir:

   He’s enigmatic. He’s an actor, a dancer, a musician. He’s a tribal man, initiated in the tribal ways, he has a foot in both cultures. It’s an enormous strain on the man.

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