Sculptor - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Sculptor :  (noun)
1: an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculpturer, carver, statue maker]
2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus [syn: Sculptor]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Sculptor : \Sculp"tor\, n. [L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum, to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. ? to carve: cf. F. sculpteur.] 1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.

2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Sculptor

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