musician
noun
mu·si·cian
myü-ˈzi-shən 
: a composer, conductor, or performer of music
especially
: instrumentalist
Examples of musician in a Sentence
She's a very talented musician.
the violinist was a famous and exquisitely talented musician
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Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
He was also joined by a group of eight female and male dancers, and a group of musicians including his brother Julian Turizo.
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That is, unless one understands just how much that record represents to the next generations of musicians and why.
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Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
He was also joined by a group of eight female and male dancers, and a group of musicians including his brother Julian Turizo.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2025
That is, unless one understands just how much that record represents to the next generations of musicians and why.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
The experience inside Sphere’s enormous dome — aptly reminiscent of the Wicked Witch’s crystal ball and Glinda’s floating orb — begins in a visual recreation of Radio City Music Hall, with the sound of unseen musicians tuning up and playing snippets of the Oz score.
—Tim Greiving, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for musician
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“Musician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musician. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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musician
noun
mu·si·cian
myu̇-ˈzish-ən
: a person who writes, sings, or plays music and especially as a profession
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