Draughtsman
[drɑ:ftsmәn]
Definition
(n.) One who draws pleadings or other writings.
(n.) One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.
(n.) A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts.
(n.) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
Typist: Ollie
Examples
- This led his eager mind to delve into Italian literature, and shortly the young workman was not only draughtsman and artist, but something of a man of letters as well. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Being a draughtsman, I can help with the figures, said Dritzhn. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was a good musician, a skilful draughtsman and painter, something of a poet, and had shown considerable talent in designing and building a variety of toy machines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The draughtsman who had been already appointed to accompany it has lost heart, and withdrawn at the eleventh hour, and Walter is to fill his place. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is not many drawings, but the character of one which makes a thorough draughtsman. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The platinum film is so thin that the pencil and hand of a draughtsman may be seen through it, the object to be copied being seen by reflection. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sims, a talented draughtsman and designer who had been engaged in locomotive construction and in the engineering department of the United States Navy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His skill as a painter of glass, as a draughtsman, and land-measurer, would earn him a living wherever he might go. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Remington