composer English · revision 15503

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1597}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/, /kəmˈpəʊzə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an agent noun from [[compose]], formed with [[-er]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who composes music: 1597 in the OED and Merriam-Webster, the 1590s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A writer or author is from 1603,^(OED 1989) a typesetter from 1634,^(OED 1989) and one who settles or calms from 1649.^(OED 1989) The general sense, one who combines things into a whole, is from the 1640s (1644),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) but the musical sense has remained the main one.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1597 – a composer of music.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1603 – an author.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1634 – a typesetter (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1644 – one who combines.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who writes [[music]], especially as a profession.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person or machine that composes anything, especially type for printing.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[photocomposer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compose]]

+ * [[composite]]

+ * [[composition]]

+ * [[compositionist]]

+ * [[compositor]]

+ * [[component]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}