English

A Craftsman house

Adjective

Craftsman ‎(not comparable)

1. Of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century.

Noun

Craftsman ‎(plural Craftsmen)

1. A building built in the Craftsman architectural style

English

Noun

craftsman ‎(plural craftsmen)

1. A male artisan.
   • 1874, The Quarterly Review (volume 137, page 388)

     Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 232d.

     And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.

   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

     But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

Antonyms

• craftswoman

Hypernyms

• artisan
• (rare) craftsperson

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