musician, instrumentalist, player
(noun) someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
instrumentalist (plural instrumentalists)
One who plays a musical instrument, as distinguished from a vocalist
Source: Wiktionary
In`stru*men"tal*ist, n.
Definition: One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
