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artist
What does artist mean?
artist (noun): a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use artist in a sentence?
- The artist used acrylics. (Tatoeba sentence #11958759 by Amastan, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce artist?
/ˈɑɹtəst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does artist come from?
From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to artist
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “artist” mean?
the front opening of a creature through which food is ingested
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something that is representative of all such things in a group
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a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
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an advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace
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