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as in instrumentalist
a person who plays a musical instrument
the violinist was a famous and exquisitely talented musician
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as in composer
a person who writes musical compositions
that musician is known for having written music that is very difficult to perform
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Recent Examples of musician
But Suno remains in conflict with Universal and Sony, and Google’s Lyria 3 is now facing its own lawsuit from indie musicians.
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Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
Though Burke seemed unfazed leading up to the victim’s identification, the fashion companies Crocs and Hollister pulled back on a campaign that featured the musician modeling a collaboration between the popular brands.
—Nancy Dillon, VIBE.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Details are emerging about the arrest of the musician known as D4vd in the 2025 slaying of teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez in Hollywood.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The Lady in the Lake actress and the musician — known by his stage name Tepr — have been romantically linked since early March 2025, according to French outlet Voici.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
Though Burke seemed unfazed leading up to the victim’s identification, the fashion companies Crocs and Hollister pulled back on a campaign that featured the musician modeling a collaboration between the popular brands.
—Nancy Dillon, VIBE.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Details are emerging about the arrest of the musician known as D4vd in the 2025 slaying of teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez in Hollywood.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The Lady in the Lake actress and the musician — known by his stage name Tepr — have been romantically linked since early March 2025, according to French outlet Voici.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musician
Noun
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The sessions were a catalyst from which a collection of cosmically aligned instrumentalists that included Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, and Thundercat released a rush of envelope-pushing jazz fusion music that both inspired and took inspiration from the Black Lives Matter movement.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2026
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Community members of all ages are invited to participate as soloists, duets, small groups or instrumentalists.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The concert stars Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler, with Brown pulling double duty as composer and director from behind the piano.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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The band broke up in the 1980s, but Copeland quickly found a new path as a composer.—
Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Not artists — nurses, teachers, baristas Imas is careful to distinguish his argument from a romantic vision of a world full of painters and performers.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Musician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musician. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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