sculptress

[ skuhlp-tris ]

noun

1. a woman who practices the art of sculpture.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sculptress¹

First recorded in 1655–65; sculpt(o)r + -ess

Example Sentences

This was the case with Prune Nourry, a young French sculptress who went to India to create a piece of art interpreting women.

From The Daily Beast

She was small and slim and even in the frock of a sculptress she looked delicate and graceful.

From Project Gutenberg

You looked upon her as a girl with a lot of money and no brains and no real ability as a sculptress.

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The sculptress's first name was Marguerite and Gilfoyle longed to call her by it, after his second goblet of claret-and-water.

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She afterwards became a sculptress, and studied under Gibson at Rome (and she described his peculiar studio accurately).

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She appeared again in a small part, in which she was a great lady turned sculptress.

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