artist

artist
noun Date: circa 1507 1. a. obsolete one skilled or versed in learned arts b. archaic physician c. archaic artisan 1 2. a. one who professes and practices an imaginative art b. a person skilled in one of the fine arts 3. a skilled performer; especially artiste 4. one who is adept at something <
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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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