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artiste definition

ar·tiste (är tēst′)

noun

  1. artist (sense )
  2. a person very skilled in a particular occupation: often humorous or facetious

Etymology: Fr, artist

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artiste Usage Examples

Possessives

  • agency: At this time Lew Grade, together with his brother Leslie, ran one of the foremost artistes ' agencies in Europe.

Converse of object

  • perform: There were many highs during the week and all 3 UK artistes performed with distinction.

Adjective modifier

  • talented: But I beg these talented young artistes to consider that their audience do not know the text as well as they do!

Preposition: on

  • today: Having appeared at many prestigious venues throughout the UK he is one of the most consistently requested artistes on the cabaret circuit today.

Noun used with modifier

  • cabaret: We didn't discover the Maori word for cabaret artistes.
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artiste quotes

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.

-Bernard

Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness.

-Cather,Willa Sibert

The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men not having sufficient power of expression to utter and get rid of the element of art in their being.

-Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)

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