artist

artist
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artists
1) N-COUNT An artist is someone who draws or paints pictures or creates sculptures as a job or a hobby.

...the studio of a great artist...

Each poster is signed by the artist...

I'm not a good artist.

2) N-COUNT An artist is a person who creates novels, poems, films, or other things which can be considered as works of art.

His books are enormously easy to read, yet he is a serious artist...

Engel is quoted as saying that balanced people do not become artists.

3) N-COUNT An artist is a performer such as a musician, actor, or dancer.

...a popular artist who has sold millions of records.

4) N-COUNT: usu with supp If you say that someone is an artist at a particular activity, you mean they are very skilled at it.

Jack is an outstanding barber, an artist with shears.


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  • artist — ARTÍST, Ă, artişti, ste, s.m. şi f. Persoană de talent care lucrează în mod creator într un domeniu al artei; p. restr. actor; p. ext. persoană care dă dovadă de talent în profesiunea pe care o exercită. ♢ Artist al poporului = titlu de supremă… …   Dicționar Român

  • artist — 1 Artist, artificer, artisan, architect mean one who makes something beautiful or useful or both. In their wider senses the words are often confused. The earliest and the continuing implication of artist is skill or proficiency (see artist under… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Artist — Sm Künstler (der Geschicklichkeitsübungen vorführt) erw. fach. (14. Jh., Bedeutung 19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ml. artista, dieses eine Täterbezeichnung zu l. ars (artis) f. Kunst, Wissenschaft, Geschicklichkeit . Das Wort bezeichnete im… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Artist — (franz.), Künstler, insbes. Gesamtbezeichnung für Kunstreiter, Akrobaten, Gymnastiker, Clowns, Tierbändiger (Dompteurs) etc. In Leipzig wurde neuerdings die Internationale Artistengenossenschaft begründet, die durch Hilfs und Sterbekassen,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • artist — ► NOUN 1) a person who paints or draws as a profession or hobby. 2) a person who practises or performs any of the creative arts. 3) informal a habitual practitioner of a specified activity: a con artist. DERIVATIVES artistry noun. ORIGIN French… …   English terms dictionary

  • 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.] [1913 Webster] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Artist — (v. fr.), 1) Künstler, bes. Maler od. Bildhauer; 2) Chemiker, u. mit chemischen Operationen sich Beschäftigender, wie Pharmaceut etc. Daher Artistisch, zur Kunst gehörig …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Artíst — (frz.), Künstler; jetzt bes. die Künstler des Variététheaters und Zirkus (Coupletsänger, Gymnastiker etc.); artistisch, zur Kunst gehörig, künstlerisch; Artistenfakultät, ehedem s.v.w. philos. Fakultät …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Artist — Artist, Künstler …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • artist — index practitioner Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • àrtist — m (àrtistkinja ž) 1. {{001f}}onaj koji nastupa u varijeteima, noćnim lokalima, cirkusima kao akrobat, mađioničar, žongler i sl. 2. {{001f}}reproduktivni umjetnik koji savršeno vlada tehnikom svoga zvanja; besprijekoran umjetnik ✧ {{001f}}fr. ←… …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

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