dictionary definitions for "sculptor"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  sculptor
      n 1: an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculpturer,
           carver, statue maker]
      2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near
         Phoenix and Cetus [syn: Sculptor]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sculptor \Sculp"tor\, n. [L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum,
     to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. ? to
     carve: cf. F. sculpteur.]
     1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve
        statues, or works of sculpture.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first
        studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic
        material, from which model the marble is cut, or the
        bronze is cast.
        [1913 Webster]


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