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

   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

   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. Abraham Maslow:

   A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves.

3. Bob Dylan:

   I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

4. Brett Morgen:

   These are all just Kurt by himself with the guitar, these aren't multi-track, finished songs or work-ups, but they're extraordinary, and I think they provide a tremendous insight into his (creative) process. I think they further our understanding of Kurt, both as a musician and as a man.

5. Emmylou Harris:

   I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about.

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