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   artist

   /ˈɑːtɪst/

   noun

   • 1. a person who creates paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby. Similar creatororiginatordesignerproducerfine artistold masterliterary:begetter
   • ▪ a person who practises or performs any of the creative arts, such as a sculptor, film-maker, actor, or dancer.
   • ▪ a person skilled at a particular task or occupation: "a surgeon who is an artist with the scalpel" Similar expertmastermaestropast masteradeptvirtuosogeniusold handskilled personinformal:proacewhizzwizardhotshotninjadab handmavencrackerjackrare:proficientOpposite noviceamateur
   • 2. a person who habitually practises a specified reprehensible activity: informal "rip-off artists"

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting a master of the liberal arts): from French artiste, from Italian artista, from arte ‘art’, from Latin ars, art-.

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