tradeswoman

American  

[treydz-woom-uhn] / ˈtreɪdzˌwʊm ən /

noun

• tradeswomen
  plural

1. a woman engaged in trade.

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Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tradeswomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tradeswoman

First recorded in 1700–10; trade + 's ¹ + -woman

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tradeswoman tradeswomen

Throughout the campaign and since entering office in January, the 34-year-old has touted her working-class roots and experience as a tradeswoman, despite being a graduate of Portland’s elite Reed College.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Now she is on her way to becoming a skilled tradeswoman and is planning to set up her own business.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2012

"He was put up at a house," says Joinville, "and laid, almost dead, upon the lap of a tradeswoman from Paris; and it was believed that he would not last till evening."

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Robert Black

But his parents gave the governor a rich present, so he fastened on the son of the tradeswoman, Panteleyeva.

From The Inspector-General by Thomas Seltzer

Yes; Koosje had come to be a prosperous tradeswoman of good position, respected by all.

From Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners) by Beatrice Harraden

If you ever need something, or advice, you pop something on there and within ten minutes you have about ten replies, so there's a small, but growing community of tradeswomen.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024

Just as Hamilton Carhartt had solicited feedback from male railroad workers, Mr. Guerrero and his team started listening to tradeswomen.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

“We’re doing the work to mentor tradeswomen, to build our supply of under-represented groups,” said Lindsay Amundsen, director of workforce development at Canada’s Building Trades Unions.

From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2021

For Torres and the other tradeswomen working at the city-owned property off 15th Avenue Northwest, the project is unique in their professional lives: For once, they’re not the only women on a construction site.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2018

In France, teachers, tradeswomen, female clerks and others, by dint of rigid economy, usually insure for themselves a small income before reaching old age.

From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Matilda Betham-Edwards