Meanings
plural dartists
- A skilled darts player.
Dartists stood grouped before the two boards in the public bar, the counter full of elbows, the tables crowded.
1945, Henry Gibbs, Blue Days and Fair2 more examples
So while a "bull" (as the dartists term a bull's-eye) is nice, it is as difficult to hit the narrow red or green strips circling the board and that have different point values.
2003, Gerald Eskenazi, A Sportswriter's Life: From the Desk of a New York Times ReporterHe'd assumed that the Hollow Head's dartists would all come from the area around the pub, or at least from somewhere in the borough of Cowden.
2003, Mat Coward, In and Out, page 31
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰerh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰórh₃-eh₂
- Proto-Germanic*darō
- Proto-Germanic*darōþuz
- Frankish*darōþ
- Medieval Latindardus
- Old Frenchdart
- Middle Englishdart
- Englishdart
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
- Proto-Italic*artis
- Latinars
- Late Latinartista
- Frenchartiste
- Englishartist
- Englishdartist
Cite this entry
dartist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartist
“dartist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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