tradesman

[treydz-muhn]

noun

plural

tradesmen 

1. a person engaged in trade.

2. a worker skilled in a particular craft; artisan; craftsman.

3. Chiefly British.,  a shopkeeper.

tradesman

/ ˈtreɪdzmən /

noun

1. a man engaged in trade, esp a retail dealer

2. a skilled worker

Gender Note

See -man.

Other Word Forms

• tradeswoman noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tradesman¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; trade + 's ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

For enterprising men, money from war, industry or trade was a passport through social frontiers—the tradesman, merchant or lucky naval captain could become a landed gentleman, as happens in Austen’s novels.

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“We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians and tradesmen.”

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“Literature nowadays is a trade,” Milvain insists: Putting aside men of genius, who may succeed by mere cosmic force, your successful man of letters is your skillful tradesman.

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Fifteen years later, the tradesman stood outside Crane’s old spray booth, sanding a $25,000 rosewood bench.

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"He has a mentality from the Middle Ages, the mentality of a tradesman."

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