An artisan is someone whose job requires skill with their hands.
Synonyms: or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person, technician, mechanic, journeyman More Synonyms of artisan
artisan in British English
(ˈɑːtɪˌzæn, ˌɑːtɪˈzæn)
noun
1.
a skilled workman; craftsman
2. obsolete
an artist
3. (modifier)
denoting or relating to goods produced on a small scale using traditional methods
artisan cheese
an artisan bakery
Derived forms
artisanal (ɑːˈtɪzənəl, ˈɑːtɪzənəl)
adjective
Word origin
C16: from French, from Old Italian artigiano, from arteart1
artisan in American English
(ˈɑrtəzən; ˈɑrtəsən)
noun
a worker in a skilled trade; craftsman
Derived forms
artisanal (ˈartisanal)
adjective
artisanship (ˈartisanˌship)
noun
Word origin
Fr < It artigiano; ult. < L ars, UNRESOLVED CROSS REF
Examples of 'artisan' in a sentence
artisan
Perhaps equally important was the free movement of skilled artisans.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Many of the courses reflect the increased interest in artisan foods.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Artists and artisans work alone in studios or together in barns and old fish factories.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This ruling does a disservice to shoppers and genuine artisan bakers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He scoured Europe for skilled artisans and exotic plant cuttings.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
It's great to work with local artisans.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He then moves to Italy and works with the artisans in his three small factories.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Over a drink he suggested doing a documentary on artisan skills of the English countryside.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Reaching the standard is extra work for the artisans, but it allows them to charge a premium.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A few were sons of local artisans and clerics.
Arthur Herman THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)
This is genuine, artisan food.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The artist and the artisan.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I love the detail of the texture and the folds of skin that have been carved by some local artisan.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Their object was to save the underdog from sweating and exploitation by organizing him like his comrades, the prosperous artisans of the skilled trade unions.
Bryant, Arthur The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III (1990)
The artisan cheese, it seems, is back in a big way.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Artist and artisan but is Özil Arsenal's answer?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Yet for all its appeal, the notion of solving our social problems with a body of knowledge derived from the artist and artisan is vastly implausible.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
For a time he worked in an artisan's colony in southwest Scotland and went into partnership with another enthusiast.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Food was also deemed a considerable minus, despite the huge strides made by high-end restaurants and the artisan food movement.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There will be two demonstration stages and lots of stalls dotted all over town, each bringing their own brand of locally grown and artisan food and drink.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
artisan
British English: artisan NOUN
An artisan is someone whose job requires skill with their hands.
American English: artisan
Brazilian Portuguese: artesão
Chinese: 工匠
European Spanish: artesano
French: artisan
German: Handwerker
Italian: artigiano
Japanese: 職人
Korean: 장인
European Portuguese: artesão
Latin American Spanish: artesano
(noun)
Definition
a skilled workman
They have been restored by a stonemason and artisan.
Synonyms
or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person
The table in the kitchen was made by a local craftsman.
technician
mechanic
I think you should take the car to your mechanic.
journeyman
artificer
handicraftsman
skilled worker
Additional synonyms
in the sense of artificer
Definition
a skilled craftsman
Synonyms
or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person,
mechanic,
artisan
in the sense of mechanic
Definition
a person skilled in maintaining or operating machinery or motors