composer
nounUS /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/ · UK /kəmˈpəʊzə/
Etymology From compose + -er.
1
One who composes; an author.
2
Especially, one who composes music.
3
One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
- The exertion necessary to soothe and subdue Lucy's passionate sorrow was the best composer to Francesca's own agitation.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 43:
- Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end. Thou Great Composer of distracted states.1713, Joseph Trapp, Musicus Apparatus Academicus set to music by William Croft, pages 38–41, →MDZ
- Derived terms
- chamber composer, cocomposer, composeress, composerly, noncomposer, photocomposer
- Related terms
- compose, composite, composition, compositionist, compositor