Artisan Definition

ärtĭ-zən, -sən
artisans
noun
artisans
A person skilled in making a product by hand.
American Heritage
A worker in a skilled trade; craftsman.
Webster's New World

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

Wiktionary

A person who displays great dexterity.

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Other Word Forms of Artisan

Noun

Singular:
artisan
Plural:
artisans

Origin of Artisan

  • Probably French from Italian artigiano from Vulgar Latin artitiānus from Latin artītus skilled in the arts past participle of artīre to instruct in the arts from ars art- art ar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French artisan, from Medieval Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

    From Wiktionary

Artisan Sentence Examples

  • It was the era of the artisan artist.

  • But there is a great variety of artisan work, such as copper and brass, paper, knives (at Bokhara), silver filigree, shoes, caps (at Samarkand and Andijan) and carpets; but most of these have been for some time declining and now stand at a rather low level.

  • The extreme to which he carried his advocacy of diplomatic isolation, his opposition to the creation of an adequate navy, 4 his estimate of cities as "sores upon the body politic," his prejudice against manufactures, trust in farmers, and political distrust of the artisan class, all reflect them.

  • In 1410 John Badby, an artisan, was sent to the stake.

  • It was in connection with architecture that the great artisan movement began.

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Words Starting With

AARART

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NANSAN

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Words Starting With A and Ending With N

Starts With A & Ends With NStarts With AR & Ends With NStarts With A & Ends With AN

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With A7 Letter Words Ending With N