tradespeople
Americanplural noun
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those persons who are engaged in trade; tradesmen.
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Chiefly British.
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shopkeepers collectively.
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of tradespeople
Example Sentences
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In its survey of 500 tradespeople, Direct Line painted a stark picture - with them owed an average of £2,023 each in late payments.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Haggling is also a skill many tradespeople are having to master, with a Cardiff-based tree surgeon saying customers question his fixed prices every day.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Brunt Workwear sells footwear and clothes to tradespeople such as mechanics, builders and electricians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
The privately held company, which launched in 2020, is now ringing up $300 million-plus in yearly sales outfitting members of the more than 30 million tradespeople in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Behind the building which housed the dentist’s office ran a small path used by servants and those tradespeople who catered to the butcher and Stamps’ one restaurant.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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