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# artisan

«artisan» in Mova's school dictionary: **a skilled worker who makes things by hand, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an artisan, artisans); adjective (artisan)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An artisan is a skilled worker who makes things by hand, such as a carpenter, potter or weaver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#m1)

2) (adjective) Artisan bread, cheese and so on are made by hand in small amounts, in a traditional way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

History lessons talk about medieval artisans in guilds: blacksmiths, shoemakers, masons. Today shops label food «artisan» to show it is handmade.

### examples

- The artisan carved a beautiful wooden chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x1)
- In medieval towns artisans belonged to guilds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x2)
- Potters and glassblowers are artisans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x3)
- We bought artisan bread at the market. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x4)
- The artisan taught his apprentice for seven years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x5)
- Local artisans sell crafts at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x6)
- Late one evening a certain artisan happened to be returning home from a jovial feast in a distant village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x7)

### note

Pronounced «AR-ti-zan» (UK also «ar-ti-ZAN»). Not the same as «artist», though artisans can be artistic.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «artisan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.