draughtsman

American  

[drafts-muhn, drahfts-] / ˈdræfts mən, ˈdrɑfts- /

noun

British.

plural

draughtsmen

1. a checker, as used in the game of checkers.

2. draftsman.

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draughtsman British  

/ ˈdrɑːftsmən /

noun

1. 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

2. Also called (feminine): draughtswoman.  a person skilled in drawing

3. 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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Other Word Forms

• draughtsmanship noun

Etymology

Origin of draughtsman

First recorded in 1655–65; draught + -s ³ + man

Example Sentences

It was this apprenticeship, as a sort of master draughtsman of the US aerospace sector, that made McQuarrie's fighting machines of the future so compelling.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2019

With all this renewed focus on this painter, etcher, printmaker, draughtsman, lover, fighter, genius and debtor, it’s fair to ask: Who is Rembrandt now?

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2019

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

After the family returned to England in 1923 he began work as a painter and draughtsman, spending some idyllic years living in an artists' colony on the island of Sark.

From BBC • May 10, 2013

The contribution levied upon Alexandria, and the retreat of a party of English troops from Baltimore, furnish subjects to a draughtsman who had more patriotic feeling than artistic invention.

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James