sculptor
Americannoun
GENITIVE
Sculptoris-
a person who practices the art of sculpture.
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(initial capital letter) a southern constellation between Phoenix and Cetus.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of sculptor
First recorded before 1625–35; from Latin, equivalent to sculp(ere) “to carve” + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the strangest sculptures in the show are a selection of flowing beards, symbol of maturity and wisdom, which derive from the long, lavish one the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi sported.
From Los Angeles Times
Once while working on a film with the sculptor, composer John Cage said to Lippold, “Oh, Richard, you have a beautiful mind. It’s time you got rid of it.”
From Los Angeles Times
Printmaker and sculptor Lauren Pakradooni senses a tension between organic and man-made forms that is expressed most strongly in her 3D works.
From Washington Post
Wilson, who died in 2015, at 92, is better known as the sculptor of a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the U.S.
From Washington Post
They are headed for the derelict home of Leah’s late stepmother, Jean — a renegade sculptor of abstract metal towers and odd found objects, all crowded into her shabby living room.
From Washington Post
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