craftsman

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craftsman¹

  • /ˈkɹɑːftsmən/ UK
  • /ˈkɹæftsmən/ US
  • /ˈkɹɐːftsmən/ Australia

noun craftsmen · craftman

  1. 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.
  2. A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).[...]Chiayi is still home to numerous koji craftsmen - in ad
  3. A person who produces arts and crafts.

Craftsman²

adjective

  1. not comparable Of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century.

noun Craftsmen

  1. A building built in the Craftsman architectural style

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: artificer, artisan, crafter, journeyman, handicraft, architect, artist, maker, worker, fitter, author, craft, cfn, player, crafts, craftspeople

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noun male artisan

Españolfabro
한국어장인 jang'in, 공장 gongjang
日本語工匠 kōshō, 職人 shokunin
中文工匠 gōngjiàng, 男工匠 nángōngjiàng, 匠 jiàng
हिन्दीकारीगर kārīgar
Portuguêsartesão
Françaisartisan
DeutschHandwerker
Italianoartefice, artigiano
Ελληνικάτεχνίτης technítis
Românămeșteșugar, artizan
Русскийреме́сленник reméslennik
Tiếng Việtnghệ nhân
العربيةصَانِع ṣāniʕ, حِرَفِيّ ḥirafiyy, حِرْفِيّ ḥirfiyy

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@misc{craftsman_2026,
  title = {craftsman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/craftsman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}