artisan
a person skilled in a utilitarian art, trade, or craft, especially one requiring manual skill; a craftsperson.
a person or company that makes a high-quality or distinctive product in small quantities, usually by hand or using traditional methods: our favorite local food artisans.
pertaining to an artisan or the product of an artisan; artisanal: artisan beer.
Origin of artisan
1synonym study For artisan
Other words from artisan
- ar·ti·san·ship, noun
Words that may be confused with artisan
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How to use artisan in a sentence
Mr. Bachner stayed because he realized the city is filled with artisans and the possibilities fascinated him.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech | Liza Foreman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe robots can slice through stone and rough out vast blocks of stone while the artisans are sleeping.
None of the artisans Hetflaisz spent time with were resentful of the artists whose visions they spend their days interpreting.
Other artisans see purity and integrity in their craft and have no dream of becoming recognized as the author of their own work.
Yet for all artisans, there is an art in their craft, says Hetflaisz.
And in an incredibly short time the Pontellier house was turned over to the artisans.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe artisans of Bengal can weave, the Chinese boatmen can row, with its aid, and it adds much to facility in climbing.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisFew children of independent labourers' families could at that date rise to be artisans.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbThus, on April 15, 1112, the bourgeois merchants and artisans of the city of Laon were in gala since early morning.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThe French are very far behind the English in the ingenuity of the lower order of their artisans.
British Dictionary definitions for artisan
/ (ˈɑːtɪˌzæn, ˌɑːtɪˈzæn) /
a skilled workman; craftsman
obsolete an artist
Origin of artisan
1Derived forms of artisan
- artisanal (ɑːˈtɪzənəl, ˈɑːtɪzənəl), adjective
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