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noun (n)

• someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  instrumentalist, player
  

  source: wordnet30
• artist who composes or conducts music as a profession(noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.(noun)

  source: webster1913