as in craftsmen
a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands
we visited a re-created 19th-century New England village that features an array of artisans—a cooper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a potter, a glassblower
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Recent Examples of artisans
Embroidered textiles made by local artisans incorporate floral, geometric, and animal motifs drawn from cultural symbolism and storytelling.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
All production takes place in Hong Kong, where a team of about 10 artisans creates fewer than 100 jewels annually based on Janover’s designs.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
With Season 2 on the horizon, no doubt the cast and artisans have plenty more surprises in store – including, hopefully, the return of Crab Man.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 May 2026
The celebration will also include local artisans, small businesses, live music, a line-up of DJs including DJ Griot and DJ Pure Funk and performances from Miami Edison Senior High School and Miami Northwestern Senior High School marching bands.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Several Japanese artisans and heritage specialists are also involved in the restoration.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Her husband, John, designs and builds the birdhouses, and then garden club artisans hand-paint them.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The bridge thereby connected Chahār Bāgh avenue to the New Julfa neighborhood, an economically important district housing emigrant artisans from Armenia.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Site visits and work in the studio will be part of her creative research, as well as dialogues with religious communities and congregations, university professors and artisans.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
All production takes place in Hong Kong, where a team of about 10 artisans creates fewer than 100 jewels annually based on Janover’s designs.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
With Season 2 on the horizon, no doubt the cast and artisans have plenty more surprises in store – including, hopefully, the return of Crab Man.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 May 2026
The celebration will also include local artisans, small businesses, live music, a line-up of DJs including DJ Griot and DJ Pure Funk and performances from Miami Edison Senior High School and Miami Northwestern Senior High School marching bands.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Several Japanese artisans and heritage specialists are also involved in the restoration.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Her husband, John, designs and builds the birdhouses, and then garden club artisans hand-paint them.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
The bridge thereby connected Chahār Bāgh avenue to the New Julfa neighborhood, an economically important district housing emigrant artisans from Armenia.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Site visits and work in the studio will be part of her creative research, as well as dialogues with religious communities and congregations, university professors and artisans.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artisans
craftsmen
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Nearly 500 years before, a Franciscan friar arrived in what is now the state of Jalisco carrying a 13-inch icon of the Virgin Mary that had been molded by Indigenous craftsmen from a paste of corn pith and orchid bulbs.—
Franklin Leonard,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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Furniture and art is sourced from local craftsmen.—
Abbey Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
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“Artisans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artisans. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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