Artist

Of late years this word has been appropriated by the members of so many crafts, that it has well-nigh been despoiled of its meaning. Your cook, your barber, your tailor, your boot-maker, and so on to satiety, are all artists . Painters, sculptors, architects, actors, and singers, nowadays, generally prefer being thus called, rather than to be spoken of as artists . As. "Not as I know": read, "not that I know." "This is not as good as the last": read, "not so good." "It may be complete so far as the specification is concerned": correctly, " as far as." As , preceded by such or by same , has the force of a relative applying to persons or to things. "He offered me the same conditions as he offered you." "The same conditions that " would be equally proper. See, also, Like .