draftsman
Americannoun
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draftsmen
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a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
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a person who draws sketches, plans, or designs.
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an artist exceptionally skilled in drawing.
Matisse was a superb draftsman.
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a person who draws up documents.
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Excelling more as a draftsman than a colorist, Lam created his most compelling paintings in near monochrome or with a limited palette.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
The earliest works at the Met—vivid self-portraits and portraits, figure paintings, large genre scenes and history paintings from the 1880s—introduce us to an artist sensitive to nuance, a fine draftsman with an assured touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
Greene worked as a draftsman, civil technologist, steelworker and rock-band crew member before starting his career in theatre in the UK in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
Born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on Feb. 10, 1937, in tiny Black Mountain, N.C., she was the daughter of Laron LeRoy, a draftsman who played piano, and Irene Flack, a church choir organist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
Exasperated and worried, Burnham’s father in 1872 introduced his son to an architect named Peter Wight, who admired the young man’s skill at drawing and hired him as a draftsman.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
It was never clear how closely he had supervised the dam’s design, which he’d given to draftsmen to execute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I think it is fascinating we have a list of plasterers and draftsmen," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
She said they were afraid of being seen as mere draftsmen – and that would be too degrading.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2022
The talented Ramirez is one of the best draftsmen in editorial cartooning today, with opinions as sharp as his pen point.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021
Luther Rice joined them, as did two draftsmen and the city of Chicago’s former bridge engineer, W. C. Hughes.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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