Musician \Mu*si"cian\, n. [F. musicien.]
   One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled
   singer, or performer on a musical instrument.
   [1913 Webster]

	

	musician
     n 1: someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
          [syn: instrumentalist, player]
     2: artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

	

	38 Moby Thesaurus words for "musician":
   artist, artiste, belly dancer, burlesque queen, chorine,
   chorus boy, chorus girl, conjurer, coryphee, dancer, dancing girl,
   ecdysiast, entertainer, exotic dancer, female impersonator, geisha,
   geisha girl, guisard, guiser, hoofer, impersonator, magician,
   mountebank, mummer, nautch girl, peeler, performer, player,
   prestidigitator, public entertainer, show girl, singer, stripper,
   stripteaser, stripteuse, vaudevillian, vaudevillist, virtuoso