artist

noun

art·ist | \ ˈär-tist

plural artists

Definition of artist

1a : 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 especially : a musical or theatrical entertainer : artiste a jazz artist

3 : a person who is very good at something a scam artist a strikeout artist

4a obsolete : one skilled or versed in learned arts

b archaic : physician

c archaic : artisan sense 1

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Examples of artist in a Sentence

the great artists of the Renaissance a pitcher who is a strikeout artist

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