ˈär]d.ə̇st, ˈȧ], ]tə̇-\ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French artiste artist, artisan, learned man, from Medieval Latin artista student or master of the liberal arts, from Latin art-, ars art, skill + -ista -ist
1.
a. : one who professes and practices an art in which conception and execution are governed by imagination and taste
b. : a person skilled in one of the fine arts ; especially : painter
2.
a. : a performer of music in public (as a singer, pianist, or conductor)
b. : a theatrical performer
a dramatic artist
broadly : a usually adept or skillful public performer or entertainer
a trapeze artist
: artiste
3.
a. obsolete : one skilled or versed in learned arts — used especially of philosophers, savants, physicians or surgeons, astrologers, or alchemists
b. archaic : one skilled in some technical or mechanical art or trade (as a cobbler, miner, surveyor, or seaman) : artisan
4. : one who is adept especially at deception, fraud, artifice, or stratagem : one who is expert especially at something dubious or reprehensible
an artist with loaded dice
a short-weight artist in the coal business
5. : one whose vocation involves drawing, painting, designing, or layout work
landscape artist
Synonyms: see expert