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artist

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

art·ist / ˈärtist/ • n. a person who produces paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby. ∎ a person who practices any of the creative arts, such as a sculptor, novelist, poet, or filmmaker. ∎ a person skilled at a particular task or occupation: a surgeon who is an artist with the scalpel. ∎ a performer, such as a singer, actor, or dancer. ∎ inf. a habitual practitioner of a specified reprehensible activity: a con artist.

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artist

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

artist XVI. — (O)F. artiste — It. artista, f. arte ART1; see -IST.
Hence artistic XVIII, artistry XIX.

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artist

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

artist •fattist •unpractised (US unpracticed) •Esperantist, obscurantist •Anabaptist, Baptist •artist, Chartist •clarinettist (US clarinetist), cornetist, duettist, librettist, vignettist •leftist • dentist • transvestist • statist •completist, defeatist, Docetist, élitist, graffitist •pietist, quietist, varietist •Semitist • Sanskritist • spiritist •syncretist • portraitist •anaesthetist (US anesthetist) •rightist • finitist • orthodontist •synoptist • flautist •protist, unnoticed •chutist, flutist, therapeutist •absolutist • parachutist • cultist •contrapuntist • occultist • scientist •egotist •dramatist, epigrammatist, melodramatist •pragmatist • stigmatist • numismatist •systematist • dogmatist • diplomatist •hypnotist • immanentist • nepotist •comparatist • indifferentist •separatist • corporatist • Adventist •Baathist • amethyst • telepathist •homeopathist • farthest • furthest

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