handicraftsman
Americannoun
plural
handicraftsmenGender
See -man.
Other Word Forms
- handicraftsmanship noun
Etymology
Origin of handicraftsman
First recorded in 1545–55; handicraft + 's 1 + man
Example Sentences
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In Rome, for a free citizen to have been a handicraftsman would have been a disgrace; he could be farmer, banker, soldier,—nothing more.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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
Now that the designer and the handicraftsman are separate persons, the work of the former is unreal, and of the latter merely mechanical.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
It was still, happily, the age of the handicraftsman; the machinery age was yet to come.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison
The old-type handicraftsman and small merchant are obviously menaced by modern industrial and business methods, and the peasant masses are in little better shape.
From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop
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