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Webster 1913 Edition


Sculptor

Sculp′tor

,
Noun.
[L.
sculptor
, fr.
sculpere
,
sculptum
, to carve; cf.
scalpere
to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. [GREEK] to carve: cf. F.
sculpteur
.]
1.
One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
2.
Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sculptor

SCULP'TOR

,
Noun.
[L. See Sculp.] One whose occupation is to carve wood or stone int images; a carver.