a person who composes music a person or machine that composes anything, esp type for printing
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com•pos•er /kəmˈpoʊzɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Printinga person who composes music.
com•pos•er
(kəm pō′zər),USA pronunciation n.
- Literature, Music and Dancea person or thing that composes.
- Literature, Music and Dancea person who writes music.
- Literaturean author.
- compose + -er1 1555–65
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'composer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Acuff
- Adam
- Adam de la Halle
- Adams
- Albert, d'
- Albinoni
- Albéniz
- Aldington
- Allegri
- Alwyn
- Ambrose
- Antheil
- Arensky
- Arne
- Arnold
- Arriaga
- Auber
- Auric
- Bach
- Bacharach
- Balakirev
- Bantock
- Barber
- Barry
- Bart
- Bartók
- Basie
- Bax
- Bedford
- Beethoven
- Beiderbecke
- Bellini
- Benjamin
- Bennett
- Benoît
- Berg
- Bergsma
- Berio
- Berkeley
- Berlin
- Berlioz
- Bernstein
- Binchois
- Birtwhistle
- Birtwistle
- Bizet
- Blake
- Bliss
- Blitzstein
- Bloch