1
: a skilled adept public performer
specifically
: a musical or theatrical entertainer
2
: an artistic or creative person
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Described as ‘nouveau ghazal,’ a term the artiste coined during the production of the album, Khilnay Ko stands as a tool for healing – for not just Shafi herself, but for those navigating their own dark night of the soul.
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Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
But this 2021 flick refashions (ahem) Cruella into a misunderstood artiste, an up-and-coming clothes designer (Emma Stone) eager to make her mark on 1970s London.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
New Yorkers—from the city and also from upstate—crossed the border on weekends to live it up with their strong dollar and sample the privileges of Canadian table-dance clubs, where, unlike in the United States, the artistes allowed punters to touch them.
—Daniel Saldaña París, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
The song gives them the idea to become artistes, the Pink Pierrots, on their seaside summer tour as the scene dissolves to their two caravans rolling through the Cornish countryside.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
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Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
But this 2021 flick refashions (ahem) Cruella into a misunderstood artiste, an up-and-coming clothes designer (Emma Stone) eager to make her mark on 1970s London.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
New Yorkers—from the city and also from upstate—crossed the border on weekends to live it up with their strong dollar and sample the privileges of Canadian table-dance clubs, where, unlike in the United States, the artistes allowed punters to touch them.
—Daniel Saldaña París, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
The song gives them the idea to become artistes, the Pink Pierrots, on their seaside summer tour as the scene dissolves to their two caravans rolling through the Cornish countryside.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for artiste
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“Artiste.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artiste. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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