Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skilled public performer or entertainer, especially a singer or dancer.
- noun A person with artistic pretensions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is peculiarly dexterous or skilful in the practice of some art not one of the fine arts; one who makes an art of his employment, as a dancer, a hair-dresser, or a cook: same as
artist , 2 and 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
public performer , especially ofsong ordance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a public performer (a dancer or singer)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It could not be that the grand role of the artiste is a desperately self-delusional shell around the soft and gooey centre of a very small and weak ego, all too easily hurt by even the mildest and most unconcerned critique.
How Not to be a Writer Hal Duncan 2009
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It could not be that the grand role of the artiste is a desperately self-delusional shell around the soft and gooey centre of a very small and weak ego, all too easily hurt by even the mildest and most unconcerned critique.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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The mystery artiste is all albums really and it is a staggering number with 45o Gold and Platigbnum discs around the world.
Archive 2007-11-25 Newmania 2007
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The mystery artiste is all albums really and it is a staggering number with 45o Gold and Platigbnum discs around the world.
Carlsberg don`t do creches , but.. Newmania 2007
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The word artiste was used, I said, only in dialogue, and only by one person, who was a bit of a poseur.
Nit-pickers of the world, unite Michael Allen 2005
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He and Paul McGuinness are the two people around us who are the most intolerant of what we might call the artiste, which is to say they're suspicious of art. [laughs] But that's all about control.
Bono On Bono Assayas, Michka 2005
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I now realize why I am not an "artiste" - I have no talent whatsoever.
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2003
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Well-known Jamaican entertainment journalist, Kevin Jackson, has confirmed in an exclusive interview with Academy Award winning actor Jamie Foxx, that the artiste is not slated to portray reggae legend Bob Marley in an upcoming film documenting the singer’s younger years ... ...
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The film avoided the usual pitfalls of bio-pics where the artiste is a misunderstood genius.
A Parallel Universe Kirsty 2006
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The film avoided the usual pitfalls of bio-pics where the artiste is a misunderstood genius.
Archive 2006-08-01 Kirsty 2006
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