musician

CEFRB1

/mjuˈzɪʃən/

noun

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

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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The musician shook his head and pushed his little piano away.
Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar.
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.

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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 June 27, Clay Risen, “Kinky Friedman, 79, Dies; Musician and Humorist Slew Sacred Cows”, in The New York Times
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.
2024 May 9, Maia Coleman, “The Bands and the Fans Were Fake. The $10 Million Was Real.”, in The New York Times

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