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



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