Definition of "composer"

composer

/kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/

noun
plural composers
1. One who composes; an author.
  1. Especially, one who composes music.
2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
  Quotations
  The exertion necessary to soothe and subdue Lucy's passionate sorrow was the best composer to Francesca's own agitation.
  1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 43
  Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end.Thou Great Composer of distracted states.
  1713, Joseph Trapp, Musicus Apparatus Academicus set to music by William Croft, pages 38–41