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# artisan

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

«artisan» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An artisan is a skilled worker who makes things by hand, such as a carpenter, potter or weaver. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x1)
- In medieval towns artisans belonged to guilds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x2)
- Potters and glassblowers are artisans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x3)
- We bought artisan bread at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x4)
- The artisan taught his apprentice for seven years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/#x5)
- Local artisans sell crafts at the fair. [tree →](https://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://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.

## In Jewish tradition

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

### Examples

- When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artisan/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «artisan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artisan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artisan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/artisan.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «artisan» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/artisan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artisan» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/artisan.html) on Mova free.