artisan
ar·ti·san
noun
1.
a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Phrases
- artisan's palsy
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