artsman
nounEtymology From arts + -man.
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Obsolete A man skilled in an art or in arts.
- [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.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: