artisan

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In one shape or another, and whether by promise or actual present production, money was his one great tool; and where the tool has lost its power the artisan is also powerless.

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  1. noun A skilled manual worker; a craftsperson.

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  1. 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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  1. Also artizan; from French artisan, earlier artisien, artist, = Spanish artesano = Portuguese artesão = Italian artigiano (Middle Latin reflex artesanus), from Middle Latin *artitianus, from Latin artitus, skilled, past participle of artire, instruct in arts, from ar(t-)s, art, skill: see art.
 

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