1.
[syn: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker]
2. a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sculptor \Sculp"tor\, n. [L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum,
to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. ? to
carve: cf. F. sculpteur.]
1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve
statues, or works of sculpture.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sculptor
n 1: an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor,
sculpturer, carver, statue maker]
2: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
and Cetus