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English

Etymology

From French artiste, from Italian artista, from late Latin artista, from ars (“‘art’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular artist

Plural artists

artist (plural artists)

  1. A person who creates art.
  2. A person who creates art as an occupation.
  3. A person who is skilled at some activity

Derived terms

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Adjective

artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)

Positive artist

Comparative more artist

Superlative most artist
  1. (archaic) Artistic.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 ch. 24:
      Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

Anagrams

Albanian

Noun

artist m.

  1. artist (all senses)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

artist n.

  1. singer
  2. performer

 

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