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sculptor

American  
[skuhlp-ter] / ˈskʌlp tər /

noun

genitive

Sculptoris
  1. a person who practices the art of sculpture.

  2. (initial capital letter) a southern constellation between Phoenix and Cetus.


Sculptor 1 British  
/ ˈskʌlptə /

noun

  1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Phoenix and Cetus

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sculptor 2 British  
/ ˈskʌlptə /

noun

  1. a person who practises sculpture

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Etymology

Origin of sculptor

First recorded before 1625–35; from Latin, equivalent to sculp(ere) “to carve” + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

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The team - led by Christine Close, a sculptor based in France - carved a kraken eating a boat as part of the myths and legends theme set by the competition organisers.

From BBC

These are two Europeans: Miriam, a deeply feeling, moody, beautiful Jewish-British painter with a mysterious past; and Donatello, an Italian Bacchus who closely resembles the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles’ “Faun.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The 35-year-old sculptor's studio brims with cogs, chains, hubcaps and engine parts as his hulking creations -- a lion with a mane of twisted steel, a giant Tyrannosaurus rex and a towering Optimus Prime -- take shape.

From Barron's

For the rest of his life—in contrast to his contemporaries the Color Field painters and industrial-scale sculptors, who required vast studios—he worked in the modest apartment where he kept his own company.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Démesuré” is the debut solo exhibition of sculptor Zenobia Lee, an extension of which will be presented by the gallery in a booth of works at Frieze Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times