Craftsman
['krɑːf(t)smən] or ['kræftsmən]
Definition
(noun.) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
(noun.) a creator of great skill in the manual arts; 'the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen'.
(noun.) a professional whose work is consistently of high quality; 'as an actor he was a consummate craftsman'.
Editor: Rosalie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Typed by Jack
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Artisan, mechanic, artificer, workman, hand, operative, handicraftsman.
Editor: Luke
Examples
- At least, it was time for her now to pass over to the other, the creature, the final craftsman. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- From the dawn of history the manufacturer and craftsman had been, as we have said, a sort of middle-class townsman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was a fellow craftsman, a fellow being to her, firSt. 'No--Paris,' he resumed, 'it makes me sick. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A genuine craftsman will not adulterate his product: the reason isn't because duty says he shouldn't, but because passion says he couldn't. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was material for a craftsman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every true craftsman, artist or professional man knows and sympathizes with that impulse: you may call it a desire for self-direction in labor. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Even the slave craftsmen of Babylon and Rome were protected by laws that enabled them to save and buy their freedom and to set up for themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Native wood craftsmen were offered a premium on every new species brought in, and in this way nearly a hundred species were tested, a greater number than was found in any other country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This lovely efflorescence marks the appearance of a body of craftsmen closely linked in its beginnings to the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It had become immediately a laconic series of question and answer between fellow craftsmen. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The purity and gracefulness of design in many cases remain as standards for our best craftsmen today. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were nearly all small farmers or craftsmen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Unbusinesslike we have called the devotion of craftsmen and scientists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The primitive craftsmen were gathered there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- While the process of manufacture was cheapened, the newer craftsmen wisely held to the art standards of the old masters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its inhabitants were skilful craftsmen, smart and energetic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Lyle