artist

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[edit] English

Artist João Carqueijeiro in a workshop.

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From French artiste, from Italian artista, from late Latin artista, from ars (art).

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artist (plural artists or artistæ)

  1. A person who creates art.
  2. A person who creates art as an occupation.
  3. A person who is skilled at some activity.

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artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)

  1. (archaic) Artistic.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 ch. 24:
      Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

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artist m.

  1. artist (all senses)

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artist c.

  1. singer
  2. performer

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