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Definition of "artiste" []

  • A skilled public performer or entertainer, especially a singer or dancer. (noun)
  • A person with artistic pretensions. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "artiste" in a sentence
  • "It could not be that the grand role of the artiste is a desperately self-delusional shell around the soft and gooey centre of a very small and weak ego, all too easily hurt by even the mildest and most unconcerned critique."
  • "The mystery artiste is all albums really and it is a staggering number with 45o Gold and Platigbnum discs around the world."
  • "The word artiste was used, I said, only in dialogue, and only by one person, who was a bit of a poseur."
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