Artisan

Definition: Artisan

Artisan

Noun

1. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "artisan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Artisan \Ar"ti*san\, noun. [French expression artisan, from the Latin expression artitus skilled in arts, from ars, artis, art: compare to Italian expression artigiano. See Art, noun.]. (references)

ARTISAN

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Artisan

Agent

Workman, artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper, roustabout.

Crosswords: Artisan

French (artisan, craftsman).

Artisan du rêve Jean Marais (1975)

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References

• Artisan (UK) Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Artisan Components, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Bernard Maybeck. Artisan, Architect, Artist (reference)

• Cooking With Artisan Bread (reference)

• Domenico Ghirlandaio : Artist and Artisan (reference)

• Jewish Artisan Life in the Time of Christ (reference)

• Morningstar Mutual Fund Report: Artisan Mid Cap [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Artisan (reference)

• Doll Artisan (reference)

• L Artisan Electricien Electronicien (reference)

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High Tech

• 21IN/19.8V CRT: ARTISAN COLOR (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• KitchenAid KSM150PSOB Artisan Series 5-Quart Mixer, Onyx Black (reference)

• Mirro Artisan Stainless Steel 5-1/3-Quart Deep Saute Pan with Lid (reference)

• Powermatic 1791227 Model 64 Artisan Left Tilt Table Saw with 30" Accu-Fence System (reference)

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The lower middle class, the small manufacturer, the shopkeeper, the artisan, the peasant, all these fight against the bourgeoisie, to save from extinction their existence as fractions of the middle class. (reference)

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Fauchelevent had seen this mere artisan grow rich, while he himself, a professional man, had been going to ruin

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Business

The trend of using metal and glass continues as does the use of mosaic and artisan tiles. (references)

Current exceptions to this rule include professional or artisan companies where 100 percent foreign ownership is permitted. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

The country's culture and history are unique: its paintings, monuments, artisan crafts, Creole cuisine and voodoo religion attract the adventurous tourist. (references)

Ecuador

In 1999, the literacy rate in Spanish was 89%. Workers with artisan skills are relatively abundant at low wages, although widespread emigration over the past few years has led to shortages of skilled workers in some parts of the country. (references)

Indigenous People

Panama

Laws protect intellectual property rights of indigenous artwork and set up regulations for artisan fairs. (references)

Travel

Chad

There are two government sponsored artisan centers near the Novotel La Tchadienne and the French School. (references)

Chad

One can find restaurants, bars, food products, carpets, woven mats, hardware, fabric, jewelry, African artisan goods, wool rugs, beads, leather products, and wood carvings. (references)

Worker Rights

Niger

Child labor practically was nonexistent in the formal (wage) sector, and there were no known instances of the use of child labor in factories; however, children worked in the unregulated agricultural, commercial, and artisan sectors, and some, especially foreign youths, were hired in homes as general helpers and baby sitters for very low pay. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "artisan": skilled artisan. Additional references.

Beginning with "artisan": artisan-class, artisan-craft, artisan-dominated, artisan-like.

Ending with "artisan": post-artisan, textile-artisan.

Afrikaans

ambagsman. (various references)

Albanian

zejtar (craftsman, handicraftsman), zanatçi (craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operator), mjeshtër (artificer, artist, dab, jack of all trades, master, mechanic, nailer, nark, old hand, overseer, workman). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حرفي ماهر, ‏الصانع الماهر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

майстор (artificer, artist, craftsman, dab, foreman, hand, master, swell, workman), занаятчия (artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman, master, mechanic, operative, tradesman, workman). (various references)

Chinese 

工匠 (smith). (various references)

Cornish

sér. (various references)

Czech

řemeslník (artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman, tradesman). (various references)

Danish

faglaert arbejder (expert, journeyman, qualified worker, skilled artisan, skilled labour, skilled labourer, skilled worker, specialist). (various references)

Dutch

ambachtsman. (various references)

Esperanto

metiisto. (various references)

Farsi 

صنعتکار, صنعتگر (Artist), افزارمند (Tradesman). (various references)

Finnish

käsityöläinen (craftsman). (various references)

French

artisan. (various references)

German

Kunsthandwerker (craftsman, craftsmen), Handwerker (craftsman, manual workman, manufacturer, manufacturers, mechanic, mechanics, repair-man, workman). (various references)

Greek 

τεχνίτησ (artificer, craftsman, mechanic, operative, workman), τεχνίτης (craftsman, tradesman). (various references)

Hebrew 

אמן (artist, expert), בעל מלאכה (craftsman, tradesman). (various references)

Hungarian

kézmûves (artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman). (various references)

Indonesian

tukang kayu (carpenter), tukang besi, tukang batu (mason). (various references)

Italian

artigiano (artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman, workman), artéfice (craftsman, manufacturers, workman). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

職人　 (craftsman, mechanic, worker), 職人 (craftsman, mechanic, worker), 匠 (carpenter, idea, means, mechanic, workman), 工人 (craftsman, laborer, workman), 工匠 (mechanic), アース線 (arch, arch dam, archery, artifact, artist, earthed line, groundwire, homerun), アルタイ諸語 (Altaic, Alzheimer). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たくみ (carpenter, cleverness, idea, means, mechanic, skill, workman), しょくにん (craftsman, mechanic, worker), しょう (actor, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, illness, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, mechanic, medal, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scar, scratch, section, send for, take, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, wear, workman, wound), こうしょう (a bite, advanced, announcing publicly, arsenal, authentication, conferring of an award, connection, discussions, fancy, fashion, high, investigation, licensed prostitution, loud laughter, loud or high-pitched voice, mechanic, negotiations, noble, notarization, occupational injury, oral tradition, ore deposit, passing on by word of mouth, public name, recitation, refined, registered prostitute, school badge, shining, spring of yellow buds, taste, Welfare Minister), こうじん (appreciative, cloud of dust, craftsman, dust, future generations, god of a cooking stove, laborer, mundane world, obliged, passer-by, pleased, posterity, public character, rear guard, reserve troops, second class, second fiddle, straw figure, tracked powder, traveler, workman), アーチザン , アルチザン . (various references)

Korean 

숙련공. (various references)

Manx

keirdagh (craftsman, tradesman). (various references)

Norwegian

håndtverker. (various references)

Pig Latin

artisanay.(various references)

Portuguese

artesão (artificer, coffer, craftsman, operative), operário (blue collar worker, hand, laborer, labourer, operative, operator, worker, workman). (various references)

Romanian

artizan (craftsman, handicraftsman), meseriaş (handicraftsman, mechanic), meşter (artist, dabster, expert, master, skilful, skillful, tradesman), meşteşugar (artificer, craftsman, mechanic, workman). (various references)

Russian 

ремесленник (artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, tradesman). (various references)

Sepedi

sea
omi. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zanatlija (craftsman, handicraftsman), majstor (artificer, maestro, master, repairer, repairman). (various references)

Spanish

artesano (craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, tradesman). (various references)

Swedish

hantverkare (craftsman). (various references)

Thai

ช่างฝีมือ (handicraftsman). (various references)

Turkish

zanaatkâr (artificer), esnaf (artificer, tradesman, tradespeople). (various references)

Ukrainian

ремісник (artificer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, tradesman), майстровий. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thợ thủ công (handicraftsman). (various references)

Welsh

crefftwr (artificer, craftsman). (various references)

ars, artifex, faber, fabri, fabris, fabro, fabros, fabrum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "artisan": artisanal, artisans, artisanship, artisanships. (additional references)

Words ending with "artisan": bartisan, bipartisan, nonpartisan, partisan. (additional references)

Words containing "artisan": bartisans, bipartisanism, bipartisanisms, bipartisanship, bipartisanships, nonpartisans, nonpartisanship, nonpartisanships, partisanly, partisans, partisanship, partisanships. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Artisan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adtisan, Aertsen, aftisan, archean, Arcturan, Ardalan, Ardeevan, Ardilaun, Ardossan, arican, Arnison, arrison, artesana, artesania, artesin, artica, Artigas, artisa, artisam, Artisanry, artisant, artisian, artsen, artsman, Artusi, artyse, atitan, Ativan, Atsina, Barisano, Bartelsen, bartsia, carstian, iqtisad, Martesana, marxisant, Mrtyson. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: antiars, tsarina.

-1 letter: antiar, arista, instar, nairas, ratans, riatas, santir, strain, tarsia, tiaras, trains.

-2 letters: airns, airts, antas, antis, antra, arias, astir, atria, naira, naris, raias, rains, ranis, rants, ratan, riant, riata, saint, saran, sarin, satin, sitar, stain, stair, stria, tains, tarns, tarsi, tiara, train, trans.

-3 letters: ains, airn, airs, airt, aits, anas, anis, ansa, anta.

-5 letters: aa.

+1 letter: antisera, artisans, aspirant, bartisan, granitas, intarsia, martians, partisan, radiants, ratanies, sanitary, seatrain, tamarins, tsarinas, tzarinas, variants.

+2 letters: abstainer, aerations, anarchist, animaters, animators, antiarins, antishark, antisolar, artisanal, ascertain, aspirants, atrazines, attainers, bartisans, bartizans, brantails, cantharis, cantraips, craniates, intarsias, marinates, partisans, partizans, quatrains, raincoats, rationals, reattains, rhatanies, sacristan, samaritan, sanatoria, sanitaria, sanitoria, seatrains, sectarian, tamarinds, tarantism, tearstain, trainways, trimarans.