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Sculptor

//ˈskʌlptɚ// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.

Noun

1
A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
"The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday."
2
an artist who creates sculptures wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sculptor, equivalent to sculpt + -or.

Etymology 2

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.

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