Syn. -- Artisan. See Artisan.
||Ar*tiste" (&?;), n. [F. See Artist.] One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.
This term should not be confounded with the English word artist.
{ Ar*tis"tic, Ar*tis"tic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. artistique, fr. artiste.] Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill. -- Ar*tis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Art"ist*ry (&?;), n. 1. Works of art collectively.