draughtsman
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Also called (feminine): draughtswoman. a person who practises or is qualified in mechanical drawing, employed to prepare detailed scale drawings of machinery, buildings, devices, etc
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Also called (feminine): draughtswoman. a person skilled in drawing
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US and Canadian equivalent: checker. any of the 12 flat thick discs used by each player in the game of draughts
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Draughtsman John Alexander Cameron, foreman plasterer George King and foreman William Begg are also listed in the note as well as plasterers John Hutchinson, Andrew S Law and William Hunter.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
Draughtsman The Future of Painting�What Ingres Said Willard Huntington Wright, American esthete and critic, offers an ingenious interpretation and forecast of modern art, in his latest pamphlet.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Chief Draughtsman W. Bowman enthused: "It has a lovely staircase."
From Time Magazine Archive
Draughtsman Ferriss transfers this obvious, romantic vision into a series of pleasing, misty drawings made appealing by the use of breath-taking perspectives and powerful light effects.
From Time Magazine Archive
A talk on "The Impecunious Draughtsman Abroad" was given by Mr. Myron H. Hunt, and Mr. George R. Dean has given a lantern-slide exhibition, illustrating the Château de Blois.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy by Various
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