n. A person of especial skill or ability in any field; one who is highly accomplished; especially, one versed in the liberal arts.n. One skilled in a trade; one who is master of a manual art; a good workman in any trade: as, a tonsorial artist.n. One who practises any one, or any branch, of the fine arts; specifically, a painter or a sculptor.n. A member of one of the histrionic professions, as an actor, a tenor, or a dancer.n. In universities, a student in the faculty of arts.n. One who practises artifice; a trickster.