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
In 1890 he married Gertrude, sculptress daughter of the second Cornelius Vanderbilt.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Don't you consider Amy Coulter a good sculptress?"
From Penny Nichols and the Black Imp by Clark, Joan
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