handicraftsman

noun

Etymology

From handicraft + -s- + -man.

  1. derived from handcræft
  2. formed as handicraftsman — “handicraft + -s- + -man

Definitions

  1. A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.

    • I knowe, that a handie-crafts-man [translating artisan] will ſcarcely looke of his worke, to gaze vpon an ordinarie man: Whereas to ſee a notable great perſon come into a towne, he will leave both worke and ſhop.
    • Handy-Crafts-Men, of Strong, & Manly Arts, as Smiths, Maſons, Carpenters, &c
    • He may, among the drunkards, be a hearty fellow, and, among sober handicraftsmen, a free-spoken gentleman; but he must have some better distinction, before he is a patriot.

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