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sculptor

[ skuhlp-ter ]

noun

genitive Sculptoris
  1. a person who practices the art of sculpture.
  2. genitive Sculptoris [skuhlp-, tawr, -is, -, tohr, -]. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a southern constellation between Phoenix and Cetus.


Sculptor

1

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Phoenix and Cetus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sculptor

2

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. a person who practises sculpture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sculptor1

First recorded before 1625–35; from Latin, equivalent to sculp(ere) “to carve” + -tor -tor
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The larger of the two is a monumental bronze figure on horseback, cast by Beaux-Arts sculptor Charles Cary Rumsey in the first decade of the 20th century and titled “The Dying Indian.”

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A controversial statue carved by the sculptor Eric Gill has been restored and has been unveiled outside the BBC's London headquarters.

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He said his brother had been a gifted painter and sculptor as a boy growing up in Salem, Ore.

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Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi’s elegantly minimalist set, influenced by Noh theater, offers but a hint of a house’s framework.

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The monument, which shows Pizarro on horseback with his sword drawn, was created by the American sculptor Charles Rumsey and offered by his widow to commemorate the city's fourth centenary in 1935.

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