handicraftsman
Americannoun
Gender
See -man.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of handicraftsman
First recorded in 1545–55; handicraft + 's 1 + man
Example Sentences
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Other striking resemblances are found between the names for handicraftsman and master-builder in widely distant countries.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
He spoke of himself visiting the South Kensington Museum on Saturday nights, "to see the handicraftsman, the wood-worker, the glass-blower, and the worker in metals."
From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur
For such a piece of work as moving this statue could only have been undertaken by some handicraftsman.'
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas
A handicraftsman thinks an apprenticeship necessary to make him acquainted with his business.
From The Frontier in American History by Turner, Frederick Jackson
Born in Norfolk, in 1785, he was apprenticed to a joiner, and, becoming a very superior handicraftsman, he rapidly took a prominent position as a maker of agricultural implements.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
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