craftsman

noun crafts·man \ ˈkraf(t)s-mən \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of craftsman

1 : a worker who practices a trade or handicraft

2 : one who creates or performs with skill or dexterity especially in the manual arts

jewelry made by European craftsmen

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craftsmanlike

play \ˈkraf(t)s-mən-ˌlīk\ adjective

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craftsmanly

play \ˈkraf(t)s-mən-lē\ adjective

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craftsmanship

play \ˈkraf(t)s-mən-ˌship\ noun

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Examples of craftsman in a Sentence

Skilled craftsmen carved the enormous mantel.
He is a master craftsman who works with marble.
As a writer he has developed into a true craftsman.

Recent Examples of craftsman from the Web

The writer Petronius recounts the tale of a craftsman presenting Emperor Tiberius with a piece of allegedly unbreakable glass.

— doug main, The Atlantic, "Humankind’s Most Important Material," 7 Apr. 2018
And Ready Player One certainly improves with the care of one of cinema’s all-time greatest craftsmen.

— scott meslow, GQ, "Ready Player One Review: A Thrilling, Empty Ghost of the Better Movies of the Past," 28 Mar. 2018
The historic German church, one of the oldest in Cleveland, is full of religious statues carved in white oak by Bavarian craftsmen in Munich, Germany.

— staff, cleveland.com, "Comment here on cleveland.com court and crime stories for Sunday, March 25, 2018," 25 Mar. 2018
Swiss manufacturers rebranded themselves to survive, limiting their production and marketing their timepieces as the works of craftsmen.

— matthew dalton, WSJ, "Is Time Running Out for the Swiss Watch Industry?," 12 Mar. 2018
To see the work: San Angelo Standard-Times (Third Place) Ngan Ho, reporter For Ngan Ho's terrific visual and audio technique on a piece about a craftsman with endless pride for his region.

— USA TODAY, "Arizona Republic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel lead 2017 USA TODAY Network journalism awards," 7 Mar. 2018
But then, 2010 skeleton gold medalist Jon Montgomery said, the orb-like skeleton helmet was born — created from by a German craftsman in his basement.

— chico harlan, chicagotribune.com, "An Olympics skeleton helmet, where Game of Thrones meets Dracula," 16 Feb. 2018
The instruments were likely made by craftsmen from the splintered ribs of cows or horses, and they are thought to date back 1,700 years to the period when the Huns and their descendants controlled much of central Asia.

— National Geographic, "1,700-Year-Old Musical Instrument Found, and It Still Works," 11 Jan. 2018
BayStateNative From the outside, the Brockton home looks more like a craftsman bungalow, a beautiful classic style, than a Cape.

— BostonGlobe.com, "Globe South Commentary," 23 Mar. 2018

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