musicianship

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noun

The skill of a musician or of a composer.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English musician →
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Meanings

nounmusicianship (countable and uncountable, plural musicianships)

plural musicianships

  1. countableuncountableThe skill of a musician or of a composer.

    "Strung Out's signature energy and musicianship is still kicking it hard, finding the members performing as good as ever," Sputnik Music wrote of this Los Angeles punk band […] .

    2010 September, "The SLM Calendar", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 170

Origin

  1. Englishmusician
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishmusicianship

From musician + -ship.

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APA

musicianship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicianship

MLA

“musicianship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicianship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musicianship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicianship.

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