# musician

Pronunciation: say "myoo-ZISH-uhn" /mjuˈzɪʃən/

## Noun

1. A person who composes, conducts, or performs music, whether by singing or playing an instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.
   - Simple: A person who makes music by singing or playing an instrument, for fun or for work.
   - _She trained as a classical musician before joining a jazz quartet._
   - _The festival brought together musicians from a dozen different countries._

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English "musician" (also spelled "musicien"), from Old French "musicien," equivalent to "music" plus the suffix "-ian."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/musician (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).