craftswoman
Americannoun
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craftswomen
plural
Gender
Is it craftswoman or craftsperson? See -woman.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of craftswoman
First recorded in 1885–90; crafts(man) + -woman
Example Sentences
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I have a responsibility to myself, because, first, I'm a craftswoman.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2024
She had an enviable self-confidence, believing herself an exceptional craftswoman.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
The show virtually begins with a large color reproduction of Vermeer’s craftswoman near a real late-19th-century “lacemaking pillow” with a piece of lace in progress and a video of it in use.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
On the other, I wonder what Swift, canny craftswoman of her brand that she is, is doing when she chooses to reveal these moments.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2019
Not daunted by difficulties that would have discouraged the most ambitious and audacious craftswoman, Mme. de Rudder took for a subject 'The Fates,' to decorate a screen.
From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters
Zapata was inspired by arpilleras, narrative quilted tapestries created by communities of Peruvian and Chilean craftswomen as acts of political resistance and expressive agency.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
Some of her collaborators have taken to calling her mâallema, an Arabic word reserved for master craftswomen — but also, more literally speaking, “she who knows.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
An adjacent wall holds two embroidered world maps, their political territories marked by national flags, commissioned from Afghan craftswomen by the Italian artist Alighiero Boetti.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019
Birkey had heard of other programs across the country that paired at-risk kids with master craftsmen and craftswomen.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2015
The world must be better for her work; and looking back over the sometimes toilsome paths of authorship, this surely, above all others, is the guerdon all craftswomen of the pen should strive to win.
From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Mrs. Alexander
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