musician

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to music + -ian.

1. A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

   “Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar.”

   “He joined Little Jewford and other musicians — all with outlandish stage names, like Wichita Culpepper and Sky Cap Adams — to form Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys in 1973.”