Definition of Artist

1. Noun. A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination.


Definition of Artist

1. n. One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.

Definition of Artist

1. Noun. A person who creates art. ¹

2. Noun. A person who creates art as an occupation. ¹

3. Noun. A person who is skilled at some activity. ¹

4. Adjective. (archaic) Artistic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Artist

1. one who practices one of the fine arts [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Artist

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artisan
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artist (current term)
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Literary usage of Artist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The artist's desire to apply the monumental fresco-technic in his native country was fulfilled ... The master here achieves his ideal of the artist's work. ..."

2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, Royal Cortissoz (1906)
"BENVENUTO CELLINI artist AND WRITER BY ROYAL CORTISSOZ N " La Cousine Bette" Balzac has an illuminating note on one phase of the artistic temperament. ..."

3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"ACH artist VERSUS AMATEUR One would hardly expect to find in The Little Review such advice as that given by Mr. Harold Bauer in The Compleat Amateur, ..."

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