CRAFTSMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does craftsman mean? 

• CRAFTSMAN (noun)
  The noun CRAFTSMAN has 3 senses:

1. a professional whose work is consistently of high quality

2. a creator of great skill in the manual arts

3. a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

  Familiarity information: CRAFTSMAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAFTSMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A professional whose work is consistently of high quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

as an actor he was a consummate craftsman

Hypernyms ("craftsman" is a kind of...):

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

Derivation:

craftsmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A creator of great skill in the manual arts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crafter; craftsman

Context example:

the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen

Hypernyms ("craftsman" is a kind of...):

creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)

Derivation:

craftsmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman

Hypernyms ("craftsman" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "craftsman"):

tanner (a craftsman who tans skins and hides)

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)

rope-maker; ropemaker; roper (a craftsman who makes ropes)

steamfitter (a craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating)

bookbinder (a worker whose trade is binding books)

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)

woodman; woodsman; woodworker (makes things out of wood)

wright (someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination))

machinist; mechanic; shop mechanic (a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools)

beautician; cosmetician (someone who works in a beauty parlor)

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)

die-sinker; diemaker; diesinker (someone who makes dies)

glassblower (someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass)

glass-cutter; glass cutter; glassworker; glazer; glazier (someone who cuts flat glass to size)

gold-beater; goldbeater (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))

mason; stonemason (a craftsman who works with stone or brick)

Instance hyponyms:

Morris; William Morris (English poet and craftsman (1834-1896))

Derivation:

craftsmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)

 Context examples 

Our young friend here hath very fairly and honestly earned his right to be craftsman of the Honorable Guild of the Squires of Bordeaux.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ornate items including crucifixes and chess pieces were fashioned from walrus ivory by craftsmen of the age.

(Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests, University of Cambridge)

And the king then gave to each half a kingdom, as he had said; and they lived very happily the rest of their days, and took good care of their father; and somebody took better care of the young lady, than to let either the dragon or one of the craftsmen have her again.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Forty more paces, Tita mia, and I swear to the holy Eloi, patron of all learned craftsmen, that I will never set foot over my door again until the whole swarm are safely hived in their camp of Dax, or wherever else they curse with their presence.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)