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handicraftsman

[ han-dee-krafts-muh n, -krahfts- ]

/ ˈhæn diˌkræfts mən, -ˌkrɑfts- /

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noun, plural hand·i·crafts·men.

a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.

RELATED WORDS

operator, worker, machinist, craftsman, artisan, artificer

Nearby words

Origin of handicraftsman

First recorded in 1545–55; handicraft + 's¹ + man¹

Related formshand·i·crafts·man·ship, noun

Usage note

See -man.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for handicraftsman

Here, he said, we found perfect unity between the imaginative artist and the handicraftsman.
Miscellanies|Oscar Wilde
It was handicraftsman speaking critically and appreciatively of handicraftsman.
Babylon, Volume 1 (of 3)|Grant Allen
Your people love art but do not sufficiently honour the handicraftsman.
Essays and Lectures|Oscar Wilde
It was still, happily, the age of the handicraftsman; the machinery age was yet to come.
Legends of Loudoun|Harrison Williams

I am the son of a handicraftsman, I must labor long yet over thy happiness and my own.
In Vain|Henryk Sienkiewicz