master workman
Americannoun
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a worker in charge.
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a person who is master of a craft.
Etymology
Origin of master workman
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
Example Sentences
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Through toil, and care, and pain, man becomes a creator—not a servant, but a master workman, and springs, as compared with his condition in Eden, into a higher region of life.
From Misread Passage of Scriptures by Brown, James Baldwin
He had become a master workman, and built a ship for some Boston merchants on the river Sheepscote, a few leagues from his native Kennebec.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
The thing done, the master workman in Ford snatched at the helm.
From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay
W. Howard, vice-president of the American Railway Union, and James R. Sovereign, grand master workman of the Knights of Labor.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by Burns, W. F.
He lived in the house of a master workman, but received no remuneration.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
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