sculptress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of sculptress
First recorded in 1655–65; sculpt(o)r + -ess
Example Sentences
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“It also gave us a chance to share the origins of the sculpture and its sculptress — Nina Saemundsson — prior to its descent into obscurity.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
The cast of 12 includes Blessed's wife Hildegard Neil as the eccentric Lady Angkatell, the host of the ill-fated dinner party, and Rosalind Blessed as sculptress Henrietta Angkatell.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2016
“I know a very attractive sculptress there named Augusta Savage.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 27, 2015
A shy Irishman, Kelly and his sculptress wife live year round in Hawaii, prefer natives to tourists.
From Time Magazine Archive
She executed this to his satisfaction, and he then appointed her sculptress in ordinary to the king.
From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement
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