Composer
[kuh m-poh-zer] /kəmˈpoʊ zər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that .
2.
a person who writes music.
3.
an author.
/kəmˈpəʊzə/
noun
1.
a person who composes music
2.
a person or machine that composes anything, esp type for printing
n.
“one who writes and arranges music,” 1590s, agent noun from compose. Used in general sense of “one who combines into a whole” from 1640s, but the music sense remains the predominant one.
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