musician A2 Topic:People & Society US /mjuˈzɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #5965 Meanings 1 noun A person who plays a musical instrument or composes music, especially as a job. Jenny is a talented musician who plays the cello and the piano. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who plays a... player Word family Forms musicians Common collocations jazz musician Noun + noun Etymology AI details Inherited from Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to music + -ian. musician Middle English musicien Old French View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # musician **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /mjuˈzɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 5965 ## Meanings 1. A person who plays a musical instrument or composes music, especially as a job. ## Examples - Jenny is a talented musician who plays the cello and the piano. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: musician - Root: musicien - Affix: -ian - one who ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to music + -ian. ## AI Etymology Musician is inherited from Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to music + -ian. In present-day English it covers a person who plays a musical instrument or composes music, especially as a job. The historical chain runs through musician (Middle English) and musicien (Old French). ## Topics - People & Society markdown