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craftsman
CIDE DICTIONARY
craftsman, n.
One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
craftsman, n. (pl. -men; fem. craftswoman, pl. -women)
1 a skilled and usu. time-served worker.
2 a person who practises a handicraft.
3 a private soldier in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
1 a skilled and usu. time-served worker.
2 a person who practises a handicraft.
3 a private soldier in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Derivative
craftsmanship n.
Etymology
ME, orig. craft's man
THESAURUS
craftsman
Admirable Crichton, adept, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artisan, artist, artiste, attache, author, authority, barber, beautician, begetter, beginner, brazier, bricklayer, builder, cabinetmaker, carpenter, carver, chandler, conceiver, connaisseur, connoisseur, constructor, consultant, contractor, cooper, copyist, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftswoman, creator, dauber, daubster, dead shot, designer, deviser, diplomat, diplomatist, discoverer, effector, elder statesman, electrician, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, experienced hand, expert, expert consultant, farmhand, father, fitter, forger, founder, fuller, gas fitter, generator, glassblower, glazer, glazier, graduate, grower, hairdresser, handicraftsman, handy man, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, lather, machinist, maker, manicurist, manufacturer, marksman, mason, master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic, miller, mother, no slouch, old master, organizer, originator, past master, planner, plumber, politician, potter, precursor, prentice, prime mover, pro, producer, professional, professor, proficient, puttier, raiser, realizer, rigger, roofer, saddler, savant, shaper, shark, sharp, sire, smith, spinner, statesman, steeplejack, stonecutter, stonemason, tanner, technical adviser, technician, tinker, tinner, turner, upholsterer, weaver, welder, woodcutter, wrecker, wrightROGET THESAURUS
craftsman
Agent
N doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.Also see definition of "craftsman" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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