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ceramist

American  
[suh-ram-ist, ser-uh-mist] / səˈræm ɪst, ˈsɛr ə mɪst /
Also ceramicist

noun

  1. a person who makes ceramics. ceramic.

  2. a technician in a dental laboratory who makes dentures from porcelain.


Etymology

Origin of ceramist

First recorded in 1850–55; ceram(ic) + -ist

Example Sentences

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Just a month ago, one of the event’s organizers, Linda Hsiao, an Altadena ceramist and industrial designer, had helped host a similarly community-minded event in the foothill town.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Slava, who appears in the film, is both a ceramist and a member of a Ukraine special forces unit who gives weapons training to civilians turned soldiers.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Procter, a Vermont-based ceramist, has seen his and other such outsize garden sculptures in action, though.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

The final 10 players included artists like up-and-coming painter Ross Caliendo, sculptor Matt Johnson and Wood’s ceramist wife, Shio Kusaka.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024

The King, who was an artist to his finger tips, a distinguished musician, water-colour artist, etcher, and ceramist, hated politics.

From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)