noun. One who performs or carries out, especially a skilled performer.

noun. One who executes or performs; specifically, in music, a performer, whether vocal or instrumental.

noun. One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.

noun. A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer

noun. a performer (usually of musical works)

"Christmas were somewhat as follows: From the manor-house ten shillings and a supper; from the vicar ten shillings; from the farmers five shillings each; from each cottage-household one shilling; amounting altogether to not more than ten shillings a head annually — just enough, as an old executant told me, to pay for their fiddle-strings, repairs, rosin, and music-paper"

performer  performing artist  

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