n.
A skilled manual worker; 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.]
artisanal ar'ti·san·al (är'tĭ-zə-nəl, -sə-, är'tĭ-zăn'əl) adj.artisanship ar'ti·san·ship' n.
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