sculptress
[skuhlp-tris]
- a woman who practices the art of sculpture.
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Origin of sculptress
Usage note
See -ess.
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Examples from the Web for sculptress
Contemporary Examples
This was the case with Prune Nourry, a young French sculptress who went to India to create a piece of art interpreting women.
Historical Examples
Only the day before the sculptress had greeted him with her low-breathed "Manikin!"
Horace ChaseConstance Fenimore Woolson
Meanwhile the sculptress had appeared in Miss Billy's sitting-room.
Horace ChaseConstance Fenimore Woolson
I guess you're right about Aurelia, but I don't believe you are about the sculptress.
Rose of Dutcher's CoollyHamlin Garland
In the case of the sculptress—she's the poor girl, of course—she's a genius.
Rose of Dutcher's CoollyHamlin Garland
While he works among the refugees, his wife, who is a sculptress, makes masks for the facially mutilated.
Out To WinConingsby Dawson