ARTIST
artist, creative person
(noun) a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
artist (plural artists)
A person who creates art.
A person who creates art as an occupation.
A person who is skilled at some activity.
A recording artist.
Hyponyms
(a person who creates art)
• animator
• drawer
• painter
• sculptor
See .
Adjective
artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)
(archaic) Artistic.
Anagrams
• Rattis, Strait, atrist, ittars, star it, strait, strati, traits
Source: Wiktionary
Art"ist, n. Etym: [F. artiste, LL. artista, fr. L. ars. See Art, n.,
and cf. Artiste.]
1. One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan. [Obs.]
How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles
and reward their. Waller.
2. One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste
preside over the manual execution.
Note: The term is particularly applied to painters, sculptors,
musicians, engravers, and architects. Elmes.
3. One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or
occupation. Pope.
4. An artful person; a schemer. [Obs.]
Syn.
– Artisan. See Artisan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition