artisan
a person skilled in a utilitarian art, trade, or craft, especially one requiring manual skill; a craftsperson.
a person or company that makes a high-quality or distinctive product in small quantities, usually by hand or using traditional methods: our favorite local food artisans.
pertaining to an artisan or the product of an artisan; artisanal: artisan beer.
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Origin of artisan
1synonym study For artisan
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- ar·ti·san·ship, noun
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Made in collaboration with New Hampshire artisan Linny Kenney, these hand-dyed vegetable-tanned leather gloves are meant to age beautifully while protecting your hands from hot surfaces.
From the Cut: 33 Valentine’s Day Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life | The Cut Staff | February 8, 2021 | EaterThe bar sourced tools by local artisans like the Parra family in Michoacan, who have been working copper for generations.
Many of the artisans have intellectual and other disabilities, and about half are nonverbal.
Although the Kimdio has the look of an artisan coffee mug, it’s actually made of high quality ceramic that is dishwasher and microwave-save, and non-toxic.
Coffee (or tea!) mugs that make for easy gifts | PopSci Commerce Team | September 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOn Trade Days, my cousins would sell their pottery to tourists, while other artisans would sell paintings, woodworking, and other objets d’art.
A California mountain community loses its heart | Mike Silverstein | September 10, 2020 | Washington Blade
The relationship between artist and artisan is therefore very symbiotic, says Hetflaisz.
Szymon Oltarzewski is a Polish-born artisan who is also a sculptor in his own right.
When the artist themselves is often continents away, those artistic decisions are made by the artisan.
But from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut big corporations are taking shortcuts and pricing the artisan products out of the bar...and out of business.
Grab A Shot Glass: Craft Tequila Needs Your Help | Kayleigh Kulp | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere and there exceptional industry or extraordinary capacity raised the artisan to wealth and turned the "man" into the "master."
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThese Orchestras are chiefly selected from the ranks of the people, of whom the artisan is the chief contributor.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceIf an artisan has taken a son to bring up, and has caused him to learn his handicraft, no one has any claim.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of BabylonI am a mere artisan in composition, but you will be an artist, in the fullest sense of the word.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyShe was the child of an artisan who had been killed by the Burgundians in the woods of Boulogne-la-Grande.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole France
British Dictionary definitions for artisan
/ (ˈɑːtɪˌzæn, ˌɑːtɪˈzæn) /
a skilled workman; craftsman
obsolete an artist
Origin of artisan
1Derived forms of artisan
- artisanal (ɑːˈtɪzənəl, ˈɑːtɪzənəl), adjective
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