artiste

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=tiste

CIDE DICTIONARY

artiste, n. [F. See Artist.].

 One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.  [1913 Webster]
" This term should not be confounded with the English word artist."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

artiste, n. a professional performer, esp. a singer or dancer.

Etymology

F: see ARTIST

ROGET THESAURUS

artiste

Musician

N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.