| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·ti·san |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är t -z n, -sn |
| NOUN: | A skilled manual worker; a craftsperson. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably French, from Italian artigiano, from Vulgar Latin *artiti nus, from Latin art tus, skilled in the arts, past participle of artre, to instruct in the arts, from ars, art-, art. See ar- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | arti·san·al (ärt-z-nl, -s-, är t-z nl) —ADJECTIVE
arti·san·ship —NOUN
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