craftsman

noun
/ˈkɹɑːftsmən/UK/ˈkɹæftsmən/US/ˈkɹɐːftsmən/

Etymology

From craft + -s- + -man.

  1. inherited from *kraftuz — “strength, power
  2. inherited from *kraftu
  3. inherited from cræft — “strength, skill
  4. inherited from craft — “strength, skill
  5. inherited from craft
  6. formed as craftsman — “craft + -s- + -man

Definitions

  1. One who is highly skilled at one's trade

    One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.

    • Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.
    • And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
  2. A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.

  3. A person who produces arts and crafts.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century.

    2. A building built in the Craftsman architectural style

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at craftsman. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01craftsman02artisan03tools04tool05hardware06fixtures07fixture08patron

A definitional loop anchored at craftsman. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at craftsman

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA