craftswomann.
/ˈkrɑːf(t)sˌwʊmən/, /ˈkraf(t)sˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈkræf(t)swʊm(ə)n/ rare before late 19th cent.
A woman who practises or is skilled at a particular craft; a female artisan. Also in extended use: a woman who demonstrates great skill, expertise, or artistry in any field. Cf. craftsman n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman > woman
craftswoman1568
handicraftswoman1801
1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) i. xix. f. 26v She was none of the Senatours wiues but a Plebeian, as much to saie as a craftes woman, & no gentilmans daughter borne.
a1800 W. H. Jones Sermons (1830) I. iii. 33 Craftsmen and craftswomen in every community.
1886 Athenæum 4 Sept. 313/1 A craftswoman was rated like a craftsman, thus: ‘Amicia Gudhale, Webster, vjd.’
1907 World's Work Feb. 318/2 A master craftswoman needs to be proficient, first of all in drawing, designing and modelling, then in knowledge of metallurgy, and every class of metal-work.
1918 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 599 This astonishing craftswoman now writes an English prose that is the most perfect thing of its kind our speech contains.
2005 Daily Tel. 29 July 29/5 She researched the lives of craftswomen around the world, from sweater makers in the Outer Hebrides to Navajo weavers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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