Webster's English Dictionary

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artist

art.ist \'a:rt-*st\ n 1a: one who professes and practices an art in which 
   conception and execution are governed by imagination and taste 1b: a 
   person skilled in one of the fine arts  2: a usu. adept or skillful public 
   performer or entertainer : ARTISTE)M obs  3a: one skilled or versed in 
   learned arts  3b: archaic : ARTISAN  4: one who is adept at deception