draughtsman
noun
a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
draughtsmen
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pluralof draughtsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Punch printed grotesque caricatures of the "boor" by its greatest draughtsmen, John Leech and Sir John Tenniel, later famed for his Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrations.
From Time Magazine Archive
King Affonso V supplied the draughtsmen with charts on which the recent discoveries of Prince Henry's seamen were laid down.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara
