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ARTISAN, or ARTIZAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 698 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARTISAN, or ARTIZAN , a mechanic; a handicraftsman in distinction to an artist. The See also:English word (from See also:Late See also:Lat. artitianus, instructed in arts) at one See also:time meant " artist," but has been restricted to signify the operative workman only.

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