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artiste - 4 dictionary results

ar⋅tiste

[ahr-teest; Fr. ar-teest]
–noun, plural -tistes [-teests; Fr. -teest] .
an artist, esp. an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.

Origin:
1815–25; < F; see artist
ar·tiste   (är-tēst')   
n.  
  1. A skilled public performer or entertainer, especially a singer or dancer.
  2. A person with artistic pretensions.

[French; see artist.]

Artiste

Ar*tiste"\, n. [F. See Artist.] One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

Note: This term should not be confounded with the English word artist.
Language Translation for : artiste
Spanish: artista,
German: der, *die Artist(in),
Japanese: 芸能人

artiste 
1823, from Fr. artiste, a reborrowing of artist after the sense of artist had become limited toward the visual arts and especially painting.
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