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draughtsman

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draughts·man  (drftsmn)
n. Chiefly British
1. Variant of draftsman.
2. Games One of the pieces used in draughts; a checker.

draughtsman US, draftsman [ˈdrɑːftsmən]
n pl -men
1. (Business / Professions) Also called (feminine) draughtswoman a person who practises or is qualified in mechanical drawing, employed to prepare detailed scale drawings of machinery, buildings, devices, etc.
2. (Business / Professions) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Also called (feminine) draughtswoman a person skilled in drawing
3. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Brit any of the 12 flat thick discs used by each player in the game of draughts US and Canadian equivalent checker
draughtsmanship  US, draftsmanship n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.draughtsmandraughtsman - a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
Translations
draughtsman draftsman (US) [ˈdrɑːftsmən] N (draughtsmen (pl))
1. (in drawing office) → delineante mf, dibujante mf
2. (Brit) (in game) → dama f, pieza f

draughtsman [ˈdrɑːftsmən] (British) draftsman (US) ndessinateur/trice m/f (industriel(le))

draughtsman, (US) draftsman
n pl <-men>
(of plans)Zeichner m; (of documents, treaty etc)Verfasser m
(Brit, in game) → Damestein m

draughtsman draftsman (Am) [ˈdrɑːftsmən] n (-men (pl)) (in drawing office) → disegnatore/trice
draughtsman draftsman (Am) [ˈdrɑːftsmən] n (-men (pl)) (in drawing office) → disegnatore/trice

draughtsman
n draughtsman [ˈdraːftsmən]
a person who is good at or employed in making drawings My son is a draughtsman in a firm of engineers. tekenaar رَسّام هَنْدَسي чертoжник projektant, kreslíř tegner; teknisk tegner der Zeichner σχεδιαστής, σχεδιάστρια dibujante, delineante; dibujanta, delineanta joonistaja, joonestaja طراح piirtäjä dessinateur/-trice שַׂרטָט, שַׂרטֶטֶת नक्शानवीस crtač, projektant műszaki rajzoló jurugambar (tækni)teiknari disegnatore, disegnatrice 製図工 도안가, 제도공 braižytojas rasētājs; zīmētājs pelukis pelan tekenaar teknisk tegner kreślarz desenhista чертёжник; чертёжница kreslič, -ka risar crtač ritare, tecknare ช่างเขียนแบบ teknik ressam 製圖員 кресляр, рисувальник نقشہ نویس người vẽ sơ đồ thiết kế


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Accustomed to the drawing of the old masters, and convinced that Ingres was the greatest draughtsman of recent times, I thought that Strickland drew very badly.
One was a map of the Pyncheon territory at the eastward, not engraved, but the handiwork of some skilful old draughtsman, and grotesquely illuminated with pictures of Indians and wild beasts, among which was seen a lion; the natural history of the region being as little known as its geography, which was put down most fantastically awry.
Tulliver must not mind paying extra for drawing; let Tom be made a good draughtsman, and he would be able to turn his pencil to any purpose.
 
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