tradeswoman
noun
a woman engaged in trade.
tradeswomen
-
pluralof tradeswoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
For Veronica Session, a carpenter profiled in Ms. LaTour’s book, the attention gave her validation at a time when tradeswomen were not very visible.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Pre-apprenticeship programs targeting women and minorities have proliferated over the past decade, while several thousand women gather each year for NABTU’s 10-year-old annual conference for tradeswomen.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
“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
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
