artsman
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
artsman (plural artsmen)
- (obsolete) A man skilled in an art or in arts.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 48, verso:
- [T]he pythe of all Sciences, which maketh the Arts-man differ from the inexpert, is in the middle propoſitions, which in euerie particular knowledge are taken from Tradition & Experience.
References[edit]
- “artsman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.