Definitions for musician
myuˈzɪʃ ənmu·si·cian

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

1. musician, instrumentalist, player(noun)

   someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

2. musician(noun)

   artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

Wiktionary(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. musician(Noun)

   A composer, conductor, or performer of music.

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

1. Musician(noun)

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

   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  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

How to pronounce musician?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Conductor Ludwig Wicki:

   To have guitar players and all these instruments with orchestras is unusual and it's very difficult to find the right musician who can do that.

2. Jonathan Scott:

   ... She can cook, shes a musician, so theres so much music in this house -- she was playing the piano last night, we were singing together, and she also cut and colored my hair just for you guys.

3. Abraham Maslow:

   A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.

4. Bruce Jenner:

   I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win -- if you don't you won't.

5. Toni Tennille:

   Doug Dragon was a brilliant musician with many friends who loved Doug Dragon greatly, i was at my most creative in my life when I was with Doug Dragon.

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