Etimology
From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.
noun
artist (plural artists)
A person who creates art.
(often in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.
A recording artist.
Related words
hyponyms
animator
drawer
painter
sculptor
related terms
art
artisan
artiste
artistic
adjective
artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)
(archaic) Artistic.
Examples
Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.