music mann.
/ˈmjuːzɪk man/, U.S. /ˈmjuzɪk ˌmæn/ A musician, a singer; a man who provides music.
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musiciana1398
musickerc1450
music man1569
tuner1579
harmonian1603
minstrel1718
musico1724
harmonist1742
performer1776
executanta1859
musicist1873
melodizer1890
tunester1903
muso1967
muso1977
1569 W. Samuel Abridgem. Olde Test.: Psalmes of David lxxxi. sig. P.iv A Law was made for musick men..That they should play, he them so willes to keep them in their trade.
a1652 R. Brome Court Begger v. ii. sig. S3v, in Five New Playes (1653) You have the tune right, will you instruct the Musick men?
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans II. 173 For the music-man was a taylor too.
a1845 J. Castillo Bard of Dales (1858) 78 On hills where ancient Druids sung..Stands forth a host of music men To rouse the slumbers of the glen.
1866 T. Carlyle Inaug. Addr. Edinb. 193 Our painters, poets and music-men.
1873 E. Gosse On Viol & Flute 155 The times are changed; not Schumann now, But Wagner is our music-man.
1950 L. Bennett et al. Anancy Stories & Dial. Verse 40 Once upon a time Cockroach was a very good music-man an everybody wat have a dance always want Bredda Cockroach fe play fe dem.
1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 15 Sept. a6/6 Louis Farrakhan, a former calypso singer, is like a music man, who charms his audience with his lively tunes and his snappy lyrics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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