artisan; a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson

ar·ti·san [ahr-tuh-zuh]
–noun. a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.

[Probably French, from Italian artigiano, from Vulgar Latin *artitiānus, from Latin artītus, skilled in the arts, past participle of artīre, to instruct in the arts, from ars, art-, art; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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"artisan." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 27 Jan. 2007. Dictionary.com

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