plural artists
1
a
: a person who creates art (such as painting, sculpture, music, or writing) using conscious skill and creative imagination
the great artists of the Renaissance
an artist specializing in watercolors
b
: a person skilled in any of the arts
I can't draw at all, but both of my children are very talented artists.
2
: a skilled performer
a trapeze artist
3
: a person who is very good at something
a scam artist
a strikeout artist
4
a
obsolete
: one skilled or versed in learned arts
b
archaic
: physician
c
archaic
: artisan sense 1
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the great artists of the Renaissance
a pitcher who is a strikeout artist
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Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Kirsten Obstacles and my first realisations about society's stereotypical attitudes toward motherhood, being a mother, and being an artist and mother quickly led me to take action.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
The success of three female artists could be an outlier, driven by the influence of social media and streaming portals.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The film portrays a married couple balancing their dreams of becoming full-time artists with a desire to have children, only to get a surreal opportunity to do both by winning a supermarket game show.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Artist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artist. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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artist
noun
art·ist
ˈärt-əst 
1
: a person skilled in one of the arts (as painting, sculpture, music, or writing)
2
: a person showing unusual ability in an occupation requiring skill
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