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
As usual, some of the details are disguised and some patently fallacious: the mother, for instance, is a beautiful, rich sculptress instead of an actress.
From Time Magazine Archive
Saturday we had J. G. Whittier, Charlotte Cushman, Miss Stebbins the sculptress, and Mr. Stuart, conductor of the underground railroad of this charming free country.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Louisa May Alcott
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