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单词 composer
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composern.

Brit. /kəmˈpəʊzə/, U.S. /kəmˈpoʊzər/
Etymology: < compose v. + -er suffix1. Compare French composeur.
1.
a. One who puts together or combines into a whole; one who fashions or constructs. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator
forgerc1380
authora1382
feigner1382
formerc1386
founderc1390
makera1450
plasmatoura1500
constitutor1531
framer1534
creator1548
fashioner1548
opificer1548
essentiator1561
creatress1590
effecter1591
compactor1593
moulder1594
creatrix1595
mouldress1599
effector1635
composer1644
plastic1644
opifex1649
fabricator1650
formator1656
efformer1662
essentializer1669
constituenta1676
crafter1907
1644 Bp. G. Williams Jura Majestatis viii. 77 To be the composers. contrivers, or assistants in concluding of any Ecclesiasticall law.
1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 40 Farewell Poetry; thou trim Composer of disjuncted Sense.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxiii. 278 Composers of green Arbours.
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 94 A Wise-Man is the proper Composer of an excellent Sallet.
b. A mixer or mingler. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > causing to become mixed > one who or that which mixes
meddlera1450
composer1561
mingler1581
mixer1598
mixeress1830
1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xx. 127 These composers or mongerelles with their temperature and mixture.
c. A component, a constituent part. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component
limbc1000
membera1382
elementc1386
parcelc1395
ingredientc1460
partc1530
ingredience1577
principle1594
simple1603
composer1610
partiment1641
component1644
constitutive1647
composite1657
integral1659
ingredient1674
aggregant1749
constituent1757
congredient1767
factor1816
integrant1825
inclusion1845
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. iv. 11 Humours..are the third composers of a horses body.
2. One who composes a literary work; an author or writer.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun]
bookerOE
writerOE
makerc1350
authora1382
inditera1387
pena1398
poetc1400
bookmakera1425
ditera1425
compilera1500
compositor?1533
book writer1565
penner1568
authorizera1579
bookwright1583
scribe1584
epistler1592
penman1592
scriptora1600
composer1603
book-breeder1605
comprisor?1623
volumist1641
scrivenera1660
literatist1660
knight of the quill1692
belletrist1816
scriever1825
creative writer1854
penworker1876
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 101 Like unto composers of Tragedies.
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 6 Able writers and composers in every excellent matter.
1818 S. Parr Wks. (1828) VIII. 646 Instances in which great critics have shewn themselves not very correct composers.
1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (iii. 21) 150 Moses being not the mere collector but the composer of the documents contained in Genesis.
3. One who composes music. (The usual sense, when used without defining additions.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun]
composer1597
componist1609
writer1688
concertist1942
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 181 Some wil be good descanters..and yet wil be but bad composers.
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 The well studied cords of some choise composer.
1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius Pref. sig. (b)v The composer Monsieur Grabut..has so exactly express'd my Sence..that he seems..to have been the Poet as well as the Composer.
1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 413/1 Mr. Cowen is also the composer of many popular songs.
1883 W. S. Rockstro Life G. F. Handel xxviii The greatest Composer in the world.
4. One who arranges or groups according to the laws of artistic composition; †a designer.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > drawer or designer
drawer1570
designer1598
draftsman1664
morphographer1697
draughtsmanc1720
composer1723
sketcher1809
draughtswoman1845
fancier1856
proportionalist1857
draftman1889
graphic designer1971
draughtsperson1976
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [noun] > action of arranging > one who
disponer1558
placera1578
ranger1611
disposer1624
marshaller1718
arranger1826
composer1836
1723 London Gaz. No. 6171/7 Henry Shallcross late of Morden..Composer to the Callicoe Factory there.
1836 R. W. Emerson Beauty in Nature iii. 20 As the eye is the best composer, so light is the first of painters.
5. One who sets up type, a compositor. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor
compositor1569
composer1634
setter1648
galley slave1683
typo1816
type-sticker1842
typist1843
setter-up1853
case man1855
typesetter1867
comp1870
compositress1885
1634 R. H. in T. Paynell tr. Regimen Sanitatis Salerni (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. Ayv The faults of the Composer and Correcter, shall neyther be excused nor accused by mee.
1637 W. Laud Hist. Chancellorship Oxf. The procuring of a sufficient composer, and corrector, for the Eastern languages.
1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum at Compositor A Printer's Composer, that sets the Matter.
6. A person or thing that adjusts, settles, tranquillizes, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > calming person or thing
quietera1542
cooler1592
allayment1609
allay1614
julepa1640
composer1649
calmer1653
lull1721
tranquillizer1800
calmant1811
steadier1864
calmative1870
quietive1873
soothment1900
1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations ii. 40 Seeking out those great composers of the soule.
1713 J. Gay Rural Sports 22 Ye murm'ring streams..The sweet Composers of the peaceful soul.
1735 R. James Canine Madness (1760) 156 [Musk] is a great composer, and excellent in convulsions.
1827 Earl of Shaftesbury in Life (1886) I. ii. 72 Yesterday read ‘Watson's Apology’..an everlasting composer for busy Deists and wounded faith.

Compounds

General attributive, in appositive use. as (sense 3.)
composer-arranger n.
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1955 O. Keepnews & W. Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz xxi. 278 Composer-arranger Jack Montrose.
1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene vi. 110 Bands can have a distinctive ‘sound’,..mixed by the composer-arranger from the colours of the individual musicians.
composer-conductor n.
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1938 Times 30 Apr. 10/3 The acclamations which were offered to the composer-conductor.
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