Definitions for artist
ˈɑr tɪstartist

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. artist, creative person(noun)

   a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

Wiktionary(4.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. artist(Noun)

   A person who creates art.

2. artist(Noun)

   A person who creates art as an occupation.

3. artist(Noun)

   A person who is skilled at some activity.

4. artist(Adjective)

   Artistic.

Origin: From artiste, from artista, from late artista, from ars.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Artist(noun)

   one who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan

2. Artist(noun)

   one who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution

3. Artist(noun)

   one who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation

4. Artist(noun)

   an artful person; a schemer

Freebase(2.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Artist

   An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts, and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only. The term is often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers. "Artiste" is a variant used in English only in this context. Use of the term to describe writers, for example, is certainly valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like criticism.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Artist

   ärt′ist, n. one who practises an art, esp. one of the fine arts, as painting, sculpture, engraving, or architecture.—adjs. Artist′ic, -al, according to art.—adv. Artist′ically.—n. Art′istry, artistic pursuits: artistic workmanship, quality, or ability. [Fr. artiste, It. artista—L. ars, artis, art.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Artist

   according to a definition of Ruskin, which he prints in small caps., "a person who has submitted to a law which it was painful to obey, that he may bestow a delight which it is gracious to bestow." Artists, Prince of

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ARTIST

   Commonly, the individual long haired and short-suited, having a positive pose and an uncertain income. Often shy on meal-tickets but strong on technique and the price of tripe sandwiches. An artist may be a barber, a boot-black, a Sargent or a Paderewski.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'artist' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2491

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'artist' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4803

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'artist' in Nouns Frequency: #588

Anagrams for artist »

1. traits

2. strati

3. strait

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of artist in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of artist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of artist in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Mitt is a choke artist.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Every artist was first an amateur.

3. Idina Menzel:

   I'm 43 and I'm a breakthrough artist.

4. Jane Austen, Letter to Cassandra, 25 November 1798:

   An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

5. D. H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature:

   Never trust the artist. Trust the tale.

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