artisan

Speech parts

1. artisan - Noun

2. artisan - Adjective

Meaning

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.

One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

artificer artist craftsman journeyman carpenter carver goldsmith smith masonic mason weaver glazer joiner currier wright
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Antonyms

eminence leader distinction nobility prestige aristocracy
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Hypernyms

skilled worker skilled workman trained worker

Hyponyms

cooper miller potter roper mason weaver

Phrases with the word

artisan crafts clothing artisan plumbing artisan rye artisan bread artisan bakery artisan workshop

Anagrams

taranis tsarina astrain tsarian sartain Sinatra tasirna starina

Examples

Manner and morals have improved, improved wages and world travel during the war have had effect, and the farm labourer now is an intelligent, self respecting workman, on a level at least with the town artisan. The village rustic of the past no longer exists outside of the comic papers. Flora Thompson

An artisan without memories, whose only dream was to die of fatigue in the oblivion and misery of his little gold fishes. Gabriel García Márquez

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. Remy de Gourmont

[ Computing ] is just a fabulous place for that, because it's a place where you don't have to be a Ph. D. or anything else. It's a place where you can still be an artisan. People are willing to pay you if you're any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around. Alan Kay

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected. Henry David Thoreau

Leave the spool to the artisan. Corsican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

artiodactylous Artioli artire artisan bakery artisan bread artisan bread knife