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cover artist

cover artist noun: a person who creates cover art for a published work.

Noun

cover artist (plural cover artists)

  1. A person who creates cover art for a published work.
    • He learned first from watching his grandfather, then from obsessing over Swedish landscape artists including Bruno Liljefors and Lars Jonsson. In his teens he found the work of Pink Floyd cover artist Storm Thorgerson, then Hollywood sci-fi concept artists such as Ralph McQuarrie (Star Wars, ET)...2020 April 14, Sian Cain, “Dystopia with hot chocolate: Tales from the Loop's author on his low-key sci-fi”, in The Guardian
  2. A musical artist who makes a cover version of a song.

Forms of cover artist

pluralcover artists

Questions about cover artist

What does cover artist mean?
Cover artist means a person who creates cover art for a published work.
What part of speech is cover artist?
Cover artist is a noun.
What is the plural of cover artist?
The plural of cover artist is cover artists.

Words near cover artist in the dictionary

  1. cover 0
  2. cover all of one's bases
  3. cover all of the bases
  4. cover all the bases
  5. cover art
  6. cover artist
  7. cover artists
  8. cover band
  9. cover bands
  10. cover board
  11. cover boards

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