musician
noun /mjuˈzɪʃn/
/mjuˈzɪʃn/
- a person who plays a musical instrument or writes music, especially as a job
- a jazz/rock/classical musician
- She has been a professional musician for over 25 years.
- The competition recognizes talented young musicians.
- A group of local musicians entertained the guests.
- The pipes were played by Irish musician, John Burney.
Extra ExamplesTopics Musica2, Jobsa2- Armstrong was still a great jazz musician in the fifties.
- many pop and rock musicians sing in English rather than their mother tongue.
- You have to be a very dedicated musician to get to the top.
- She had toured as a backing musician for Madonna.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accomplished
- brilliant
- excellent
- …
- perform (something)
- play (something)
- sing (something)
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French musicien, from Latin musica, from Greek mousikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of the Muses’, from mousa ‘muse’.