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crafts·man

(krăfts′mən)

A man who practices a craft with great skill.

crafts′man·like′ adj.

crafts′man·ly adj.

crafts′man·ship′ n.

craftsman

(ˈkrɑːftsmən)

n, pl -men

1. (Crafts) a member of a skilled trade; someone who practises a craft; artisan

2. (Crafts) Also called: craftswoman (fem)an artist skilled in the techniques of an art or craft

ˈcraftsmanˌlike adj

ˈcraftsmanly adj

ˈcraftsmanˌship n

crafts•man

(ˈkræfts mən, ˈkrɑfts-)

n., pl. -men.

1. a person who is skilled in a craft; artisan.

2. an artist.

[1325–75]

crafts′man•like`, adj.

crafts′man•ly, adj.

crafts′man•ship`, n.

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Noun	1.	craftsman - a professional whose work is consistently of high quality; "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman" professional, professional person - a person engaged in one of the learned professions
	2.	craftsman - a creator of great skill in the manual arts; "the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen" crafter creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things
	3.	craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft artisan, journeyman, artificer beautician, cosmetician - someone who works in a beauty parlor bookbinder - a worker whose trade is binding books bricklayer - a craftsman skilled in building with bricks clockmaker, clocksmith - someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches coachbuilder - a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles construction worker, hard hat - a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. barrel maker, cooper - a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs coppersmith - someone who makes articles from copper currier - a craftsman who curries leather for use diemaker, diesinker, die-sinker - someone who makes dies glassblower - someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass glassworker, glazer, glazier, glass cutter, glass-cutter - someone who cuts flat glass to size goldbeater, gold-beater - an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf hairdresser, hairstylist, styler, stylist - someone who cuts or beautifies hair luthier - a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins) machinist, mechanic, shop mechanic - a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools stonemason, mason - a craftsman who works with stone or brick miller - someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) paperer, paperhanger - one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper pipe fitter, plumber - a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances ceramicist, ceramist, potter, thrower - a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln rigger - someone who rigs ships roofer - a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs ropemaker, rope-maker, roper - a craftsman who makes ropes skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills steamfitter - a craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating tanner - a craftsman who tans skins and hides animal stuffer, stuffer, taxidermist - a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display upholsterer - a craftsman who upholsters furniture weaver - a craftsman who weaves cloth welder - joins pieces of metal by welding them together window dresser, window trimmer - someone who decorates shop windows woodworker, woodman, woodsman - makes things out of wood wright - someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

craftsman

noun skilled worker, artisan, master, maker, wright, technician, artificer, smith The table in the kitchen was made by a local craftsman.

Translations

حِرَفيّصانِع، صاحِب حِرْفَه يَدَويّه

řemeslníkumělecmistr

håndværkerkunsthåndværker

Handwerker Kunsthandwerker Facharbeiter

χειροτέχνης

artesano

ammattimieskäsityöläinen

artisan

zanatlija

handverksmaîur

artigiano artefice artéfice

職人

장인

ambachtsman vakman

dyktig fagperson håndverker kunsthåndverker

rzemieślnik

artesão

ремесленник

rokodelec

hantverkare

ช่างฝีมือ

sanatkâr usta

thợ thủ công

工匠

craftsman

[ˈkrɑːftsmən] N (craftsmen (pl)) → artesano m

craftsman

[ˈkrɑːftsmən] n → artisan m

craftsman

n pl <-men> → Kunsthandwerker m; he’s a real craftsman → er ist ein echter Künstler

craftsman

[ˈkrɑːftsmən] n (-men (pl)) → artigiano

craft

(kraːft) noun

1. an art or skill. the craft of wood-carving.

2. (plural craft) a boat or ship. sailing craft.

3. cunning or trickery. craft and deceit.

ˈcrafty adjective

cunning and sly.

ˈcraftily adverb

ˈcraftiness noun

ˈcraftsman (ˈkraːftsmən) noun

a person skilled at making things (especially by hand).

ˈcraftsmanship (ˈkraːfts-) noun

craftsman

→ حِرَفيّ řemeslník håndværker Handwerker χειροτέχνης artesano ammattimies artisan zanatlija artigiano 職人 장인 ambachtsman håndverker rzemieślnik artesão ремесленник hantverkare ช่างฝีมือ usta thợ thủ công 工匠

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The legislator is a craftsman whose material is society and whose aim is the good life.

The analogy between the legislator and the craftsman on which Plato insists, breaks down because the legislator is dealing with men like himself, men who can to some extent conceive their own end in life and cannot be treated merely as means to the end of the legislator.

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If, on the other hand, he should have hardened his heart against him, he could only go on his way and do the best he might by his skill as a craftsman and a scrivener.

Thus left to himself, Alleyne drew his panel of wood where the light of one of the torches would strike full upon it, and worked away with all the pleasure of the trained craftsman, listening the while to the talk which went on round the fire.

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Out shuffled the lama to the main hall, and, the Curator beside him, went through the collection with the reverence of a devotee and the appreciative instinct of a craftsman.

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And potter is angry with potter, and craftsman with craftsman, and beggar is jealous of beggar, and minstrel of minstrel.

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Why are poets so apt to choose their mates, not for any similarity of poetic endowment, but for qualities which might make the happiness of the rudest handicraftsman as well as that of the ideal craftsman of the spirit?

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cried the Tinker hastily, and in a deep voice like an angry bull, "thou didst see me come into thine inn, I, a staunch, honest craftsman, and never told me who my company was, well knowing thine own self who he was.

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Now in a revised and expanded second edition, "Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture" provides complete working shop drawings for 61 classic furniture pieces.

Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, second edition

Currently, only approximately 10% of Craftsman-branded products are sold outside of Sears Holdings and the agreement will enable Stanley Black and Decker to significantly increase Craftsman sales in these untapped channels.

Stanley Black and Decker Closes Acquisition of Craftsman Tool Brand from Sears

Very few manufacturers went to the time and expense of adding Craftsman style pianos to their line and by the time these few makers added Craftsman design pianos to their product line, the Arts & Crafts movement seemed to fade away nearly as quickly as it came.

Antique Piano Shop of Tennessee Leads Growth in Increasingly Popular Mission/Arts & Crafts Piano Movement

My fiance, Dave, and I rent a small, century-old Craftsman house here in Pasadena's landmark district Bungalow Heaven, home to more than 1,000 historic bungalows, most of them Craftsmans.