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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
His eldest son, Ty’Gee Ramon Clifton, shared the news in an Instagram Reel, stating that the musician died on Saturday, November 1.
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Walden Green, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2025
In 1981, Godchaux-MacKay married musician David MacKay, and the pair moved back to Muscle Shoals, Alabama – the same city where Donna got her start in music.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The show — revolving around the servers and bartenders at SUR, with Vanderpump presiding over both their work and (somehow) personal lives — was about the messy, bed-hopping lives of struggling actors, musicians and models in Los Angeles who needed restaurant work to sustain them.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the celebrated musician and mezzo-soprano who spent the '70s as the Grateful Dead's first and only female vocalist, has died.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
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Walden Green, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2025
In 1981, Godchaux-MacKay married musician David MacKay, and the pair moved back to Muscle Shoals, Alabama – the same city where Donna got her start in music.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The show — revolving around the servers and bartenders at SUR, with Vanderpump presiding over both their work and (somehow) personal lives — was about the messy, bed-hopping lives of struggling actors, musicians and models in Los Angeles who needed restaurant work to sustain them.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the celebrated musician and mezzo-soprano who spent the '70s as the Grateful Dead's first and only female vocalist, has died.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musician
Noun
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British music producer and instrumentalist Dave Ball, best known as one half of the pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Format consist of lead singer Nate Ruess and instrumentalist Sam Means.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Working within restricted space, Lanthimos felt the need to go big with the filmmaking, both with supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Johnnie Burn’s sound design and composer Jerskin Fendrix’s music, which is by far the biggest score in the score-adverse director’s career.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
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Over the years, the festival has expanded to include artists, musicians, storytellers, poets, and more, all focused on a theme relevant to the social, religious, and political needs of the Louisville community and beyond.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Maar, an artist and photographer herself, had been Picasso's partner and muse for about seven years, and the relationship was coming to a painful close.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Musician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musician. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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