- a variation of draftsman.
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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A pioneer in the pop art movement in the 1960s, Hockney established himself as a globally renowned painter and master draughtsman and kept painting, experimenting and exhibiting right up until his death.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Utamaro was a draughtsman who contributed prodigiously to the production of ukiyo-e, the prints that depicted the gracious women of the floating world.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2017
He was a fine draughtsman and painter, but limited in range.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2014
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a 28-year-old junior draughtsman at a Glasgow architecture firm when he drew up the designs for the building that many consider his masterpiece.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2014
As a draughtsman his skill has sometimes been debated, and his work at times undoubtedly bears marks of haste, and even carelessness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Partners like Renzo and Norman were wonderful draughtsmen and I never was.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2013
These are replicated by a choreographed band of draughtsmen, whose somewhat fussy charade of the industrial production of art compensates for a degree of inertia in the words and music.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2013
His two major works, The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering, are required reading for all apprentice printers, advertising agents, architects' draughtsmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
One wonders why this should be, and one wonders also if the showing of Nast's work in a museum may not key up our draughtsmen to bolder expression.
From Time Magazine Archive
A recent play opened with a well-written picture of the life of a group of architects’ draughtsmen.
From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker
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