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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Tradesmen

One who trades; a shopkeeper.

A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands.

[U. S.]

Burrill.

Noun.

[trade and man.] A shopkeeper. A merchant is called a trader, but not a tradesman.

[In America, a shopkeeper is usually called a retailer.]