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craftsman|ˈkrɑːftsmən, -æ-|
Forms: 4–6 craftes, craftis man, (4 craftus, craftise man, 5 craftiesman), 5–6 craftis-, craftys-, craftesman, 6–7 craftes-, crafts-man, 6– craftsman.
[Orig. two words in syntactical relation: cf. tradesman.]
1. A man who practices a handicraft; an artificer, artisan.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iii. 218 Alle kunne craftes men. Ibid. vii. 63 Alle kunnes craftus men. 1382Wyclif 1 Chron. xxii. 15 Many craftise men, masouns and leyers, and craftisemen of trees, and of alle craftis. 1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 388 Eny craftiesman, artificer or other. 1549Compl. Scot. xvii. 150 Ane pure mecanyk craftis man. 1630R. Johnson's Kindg. & Commw. 133 The Merchant liveth obscurely, the Tradesman penuriously, and the Craftsman in drudgerie. 1742Col. Rec. Pennsylv. IV. 544 The Craftsmen have proclaimed aloud that their privileges were in Danger. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §43 The commonest fisherman or craftsman who was a hearer of the Apostles.
2. transf. and fig.
†a. Maker, artificer, inventor, contriver. Obs.
1382Wyclif Wisd. xiii. 1 Thei..ne..knewen who was craftis man. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 299 The kynge sayd..in game, ‘I am a wonder craftesman, for I haue made a newe erle of an olde bysshop’. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 122 Such a presence of Christ in the Sacrament, as the craftesmen of the Court of Rome haue fayned.
b. = artist 7.
1876Morris Sigurd iii. 224 A picture deftly painted by the craftsmen over the sea. 1877Dowden Shaks. Prim. v. 58 Shakespere was learning his trade as a dramatic craftsman.
c. A private soldier in the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
1942Times 1 Sept. 2/3 The R.E.M.E. tradesman in the ranks will be given the new title of ‘craftsman’. 1958REME Mag. Mar. 73/1 Craftsmen attend Cadre Classes and, if they pass, obtain Chevrons and eventually become Corporals.
3. Comb., as craftsmanlike adj.
1881Academy 11 June 433 Craftsmanlike skill. |