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noun
- a person or thing that composes.
- a person who writes music.
- an author.
noun
- a person who composes music
- a person or machine that composes anything, esp type for printing
“one who writes and arranges music,” 1590s, agent noun from compose. Used in general sense of “one who combines into a whole” from 1640s, but the music sense remains the predominant one.