craftswoman

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

an artist
artistMost attention has been given to male artists and writers.
craftsmanThis rug was woven by a local craftsman.
craftswomanI like buying pottery from the craftswomen at the fair.
artisanLocal artisans sell their pottery and blankets on the street.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Crafts
artificer
artisan
artisanal
arts and crafts
artsy-craftsy
crochet
découpage
emboss
engrave
engraver
handicraft
handiwork
inlay
intarsia
knotwork
screen printing
silkscreen
straw
tjanting tool
tritik

craftsman | American Dictionary

craftsman
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkræfts·mən/pluralcraftsmenus/ˈkræfts·mən, -ˈmen/craftswomenus/ˈkræftsˌwɪm·ən/(femalecraftswoman, us/ˈkræftsˌwʊm·ən/)
a person who is skilled in doing or making something

craftsman | Business English

craftsman
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkrɑːftsmən/uspluralcraftsmen
a person who is skilled, especially someone who makes things by hand:
master/skilled craftsmanHighly skilled craftsmen, such as weavers, were replaced by machines and unskilled labour.

Examples of craftsman

craftsman
The last movement is sheer ecstatic joy: the double subject treatment shows the hand of a master craftsman.
More transparently, some officials in receipt of stipends, both craftsmen and estate officials, received wages as well.
Local craftsmen still know the ritual, economic, political and environmental restrictions that were traditionally applied to certain of these valuable raw materials.
The dies are not mass-produced commodities but hand-engraved and handcarved products of skilled craftsmen.
They also learn to interact with clients, public authorities, craftsmen, manufacturers and building contractors.
Such a law would give more leverage to the craftsmen who constructed federal buildings, built ships, and fashioned armor plate.
That is to say, they were framework knitters, handloom weavers, mill operatives, building workers, general labourers, shopkeepers, craftsmen, and so forth.
For all of his capacities as a craftsman of judicial opinions, he was a clumsy and slothful speechwriter.
Their requirements were satisfied by a handful of skilled craftsmen who were household serfs or by imports of luxury items.
The first is the popular conviction that the playwright is not a craftsman but a genius.
Conversely, those less likely to enjoy privileged status, such as craftsmen, labourers and rural workers, were under-represented as litigants in the university courts.
The 'aristocratic' position of craftsmen also had an effect on the labor market and the workers themselves.
The different craftsmen (organs) work next to or with each other.
For the sixteenth century, the share of craftsmen in the labouring population is hard to measure.
By the early sixteenth century the merchants were sharing a central government of twentyfour common councillors equally with craftsmen and gentry.
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