sculptor

sculptor
/skulp"teuhr/, n., gen. Sculptoris /skulp tawr"is, -tohr"-/ for 2.
1. a person who practices the art of sculpture.
2. (cap.) Astron. a southern constellation between Phoenix and Cetus.
[1625-35; < L, equiv. to sculp(ere) to carve + -tor -TOR]

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