artisan
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Definition of artisan
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
“One or two works, particularly those of Babcock & Wilcox, are on the Renfrew line, and the passenger services are run to suit the artisan rather than the businessman travelling daily to the city.”
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noun
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A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
“One or two works, particularly those of Babcock & Wilcox, are on the Renfrew line, and the passenger services are run to suit the artisan rather than the businessman travelling daily to the city.”
- A person who displays great dexterity.
adj
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(not-comparable)Artisanal.
“Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).”
“Cartier and Tiffany have some unlikely new neighbours near Sloane Square — a butcher, a greengrocer and a cheesemonger. […] The row of artisan food and drink shops also includes a wine merchant. A bakery is due to open in time for Christmas and a tenant is being sought for a sixth unit.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Words you can make from artisan
127 playable · top: ANTIARS (7 pts)
Best play antiars 7 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
33 words- AIRNS 5 pts
- AIRTS 5 pts
- ANTAS 5 pts
- ANTIS 5 pts
- ANTRA 5 pts
- ARIAS 5 pts
- ASTIR 5 pts
- ATRIA 5 pts
- NAIRA 5 pts
- NARIS 5 pts
- RAIAS 5 pts
- RAINS 5 pts
- RAITA 5 pts
- RANIS 5 pts
- RANTS 5 pts
- RATAN 5 pts
- RIANT 5 pts
- RIATA 5 pts
- SAINT 5 pts
- SARAN 5 pts
- SARIN 5 pts
- SATIN 5 pts
- SITAR 5 pts
- STAIN 5 pts
- STAIR 5 pts
- STRIA 5 pts
- TAINS 5 pts
- TARNS 5 pts
- TARSI 5 pts
- TIANS 5 pts
- TIARA 5 pts
- TRAIN 5 pts
- TRANS 5 pts
4-letter words
36 words- AINS 4 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- ANAS 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- ANSA 4 pts
- ANTA 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ANTS 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARTS 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RANI 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RATS 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- STAN 4 pts
- STAR 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TANS 4 pts
- TARN 4 pts
- TARS 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TSAR 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- AAS 3 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- SAN 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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