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US
/ˈɑɹtəzən/
]
[ UK /ˈɑːtɪsən/ ]
[ UK /ˈɑːtɪsən/ ]
NOUN
- a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
How To Use artisan In A Sentence
- So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
- The sad fact is that if the Democrats had tried to make a big issue of the matter the press would have criticized them unmercifully for spoiling the 100th birthday celebrations of a great man with their petty partisan politics.
- At the beginning of the protest, Aristide partisans attacked demonstrators, hitting one with a rock and shooting another.
- In partisan Republican circles, the pursuit of voter fraud is code for suppressing the votes of minorities and poor people. Archive 2007-03-01
- The numerous and lukewarm group outnumber the rabid partisans on both sides, though.
- I think what we really need is a bipartisanship approach to healthcare.
- During the night two young partisans sat on guard at the bedroom door listening to murmured conversation. Whicker's War
- The Kennedy partisans are quite a tongue-tied bunch, all of them struggling gamely, if inarticulately, to somehow dismiss or disdain or circumlocute what is, apparently, the main focus of the film. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- When guerrilla or partisan warfare further exasperated him, Grant proposed radical measures.
- The partisans fought a revolutionary war in a constantly shifting pattern, and their leadership did so with a political aim.