DRAFTSMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does draftsman mean? 

• DRAFTSMAN (noun)
  The noun DRAFTSMAN has 2 senses:

1. a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines

2. an artist skilled at drawing

  Familiarity information: DRAFTSMAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAFTSMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

draftsman; draftsperson; draughtsman

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

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

Derivation:

draftsmanship (the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An artist skilled at drawing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

draftsman; drawer

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

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

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

cartoonist (a person who draws cartoons)

pavement artist (someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money))

sketcher (someone who draws sketches)

Derivation:

draftsmanship (the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams)