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Vinony

sculptor

noun

  1. artist specializing in sculpture
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈskʌlptɚ/

name

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

  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

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

  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.”