Artist - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Artist :  (noun)

1: a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination [syn: creative person]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Artist : \Art"ist\, n. [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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

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