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# musician

«musician» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who plays a musical instrument or sings…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a musician, musicians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or sings, especially as a job or with great skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#m1)

2) A musician can also be someone who writes music (a composer). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons pupils learn about famous musicians and composers, and about different musicians in an orchestra or band: violinists, drummers, pianists, singers. Being a musician takes lots of practice. Buskers are musicians who play in the street for money. Phrases: «a talented musician», «a professional musician», «street musician», «session musician».

### examples

- My aunt is a musician in an orchestra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#x1)
- The street musician played the guitar outside the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#x2)
- Mozart was a brilliant musician from a young age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#x3)
- Musicians practise for hours every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#x4)
- The band has four musicians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#x5)
- You don't have to be famous to be a musician — anyone who plays can be one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#x6)
- ‘Oh, my dear musician, how beautifully you play! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/#x7)

### note

Plural «musicians». Spelling: music + ian; the c sounds like «sh»: mew-ZISH-un. Similar: magician, electrician, politician.

### In the corpora

- [Musicians' earplugs make sound quieter but still clear, and many musicians wear them on stage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/8/)
- [Many musicians earn more from concerts and merch than from streams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/6/)
- [-cian is used for people's jobs from words ending in c: musician, magician, electrician.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «musician» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musician/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.