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noun
1.
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
2.
a person or company that makes a high-quality, distinctive product in small quantities, usually by hand and using traditional methods: food artisans.
adjective
3.
pertaining to or noting high-quality, distinctive products made in small quantities: artisan beer.
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Artisan
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Example Sentences
- With the craft-cocktail revolution well under way, skillfully made libations are edging closer to artisan status.
- It could be a member of our literary or artisan community, looking to strike up a conversation and leaving with inspiration.
- It took two months for the artisan to create a sort of hand-tooled leather chrysanthemum wallpaper, but the results are exquisite.
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artisan
1530s, from It. artesano, from V.L. artitianus, from L. artitus, pp. of artire "to instruct in the arts," from ars (gen. artis) "art" (see art (n.)).
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