draftsman

British, draughts·man

[drafts-muhn, drahfts-]

noun

plural

draftsmen 

1. a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.

2. a person who draws sketches, plans, or designs.

3. an artist exceptionally skilled in drawing.

   Matisse was a superb draftsman.

4. a person who draws up documents.

5. draughtsman.

draftsman

/ ˈdrɑːftsmən /

noun

1. the usual US spelling of draughtsman draughtsman

Gender Note

See -man.

Other Word Forms

• draftsmanship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of draftsman¹

First recorded in 1655–65; draft + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

He said he walked into an engineering firm and asked to be hired at the lowest possible salary as a junior draftsman.

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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.

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A precocious draftsman, Goff began working at a Tulsa, Okla., architecture firm at age 12 and by 22 had designed what is still one of Tulsa’s great monuments: the bursting-with-wild-detail Boston Avenue United Methodist Church.

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When Holden returned to the U.S., he decided to become a draftsman.

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Stingingly, the article shows readers some examples of Hitler’s own work, the rather stodgy and static products of a draftsman who aspires to art.

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