craftswoman
noun
a woman who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
craftswomen
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pluralof craftswoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Included are patchwork quilts, woven bags and notecards; proceeds will benefit literacy and other programs for the craftswomen, sponsored in Egypt by the Association for the Protection of the Environment.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2011
Greater than all skilled craftswomen was the great goddess Athené, and were Arachne, in impious vanity, to dream that one day she might equal her, that were indeed a crime for any god to punish.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
