Other forms: musicians
A musician is a person who plays an instrument or writes music. A session musician, a fine musician, musicians on stage.
A session musician plays on other people's recordings and is often the actual sound of a famous record. Playing an instrument changes the brain measurably, and the effect is strongest in those who started young. Note music, from the Greek for the art of the Muses.
1nounmusicianA person who plays an instrument or writes music.
“The street musician played the violin outside the station every morning.”
musician is a performer.
Old French musicien comes from musique, from Greek mousike, the art of the Muses. Museum comes from the same Muses.
Old French
musicien — musician
Middle English
musician
English, today
musician
From Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to musike + -ien. by surface analysis, music + -ician.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA