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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024art•ist /ˈɑrtɪst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fine Arta person who practices or is proficient in one of the arts.
- Music and Dance, Fine Art, Show Businessa person proficient in a performing art, as an actor or musician.
- a person who shows special skill:That baseball pitcher is a real artist with a curveball.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024art•ist (är′tist),USA pronunciation n. - Fine Arta person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Fine Arta person who practices one of the fine arts, esp. a painter or sculptor.
- Fine Arta person whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of design, drawing, painting, etc.:a commercial artist.
- Fine Art, Fine Art, Show Businessa person who works in one of the performing arts, as an actor, musician, or singer;
a public performer:a mime artist; an artist of the dance. - a person whose work exhibits exceptional skill.
- a person who is expert at trickery or deceit:He's an artist with cards.
- [Obs.]an artisan.
- Medieval Latin artista master of arts. See art1, -ist
- Middle French artiste
- 1575–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Artist, artisan are persons having superior skill or ability, or who are capable of producing superior work. An artist is a person engaged in some type of fine art. An artisan is engaged in a craft or applied art.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: artist /ˈɑːtɪst/ n - a person who practises or is skilled in an art, esp painting, drawing, or sculpture
- a person who displays in his work qualities required in art, such as sensibility and imagination
- a person whose profession requires artistic expertise, esp a designer: a commercial artist
- a person skilled in some task or occupation
- slang a person devoted to or proficient in something: a booze artist, a con artist
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