Handicraftsman
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From handicraft + -s- + -man.
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