artisan

Etymology

From French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

noun

  1. A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
  2. A person who displays great dexterity.

adj

  1. artisanal
    Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves). 2015, Andrea Chesman, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How

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