Hypertext Webster Gateway: "artist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
artist
n : a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and
imagination [syn: {creative person}]
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