artisan

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   adj

   Artisanal.

   Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).

3. 3
   noun

   a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

4. 4
   noun

   A person who displays great dexterity.

Simplified etymology

Artisan entered English in the mid-16th century from French, where it denoted a skilled craftsman. It belongs to the family of art, ultimately from Latin ars, whose earlier meaning emphasized practical skill.

From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

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