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Webster 1913 Edition
Craftsman
Crafts′man
(kr?fts′man)
, Noun.
pl.
Craftsmen
(-men)
. One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Craftsman
CRAFTSMAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Craftsman
Craftsman
See also: craftsman
English
Adjective
Craftsman (not comparable)
- Of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century.
Noun
Craftsman (plural Craftsmen)
- A building built in the Craftsman architectural style
craftsman
craftsman
See also: Craftsman
English
Noun
craftsman (plural craftsmen)
- 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.
- 1874, The Quarterly Review (volume 137, page 388)
Antonyms
Hypernyms
- artisan
- (rare) craftsperson
Translations
male artisan
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