draftsman
Americannoun
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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.
noun
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See -man.
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The New York Times’s co-chief art critic Holland Cotter wrote that the exhibition “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer,” which opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in November 2017, was “a monument to a monument.”
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021
The standard rooms at the Draftsman Hotel, a new Charlottesville property that is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, also have bathrooms outfitted with walk-in showers only.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2018
“Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a monument to a monument.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017
Ira E. Norfolk Draftsman, Engineer Ira E. Norfolk, 71, a longtime Maryland draftsman and civil engineer, died April 29 of cancer at his home in White Plains.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2010
No book or set of books ever published is of more real value to the Inventor, Draftsman, or practical Mechanic than the two volumes described below.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
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