as in craftsmen
a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands
it's hard to find a handworker to tailor clothes these days
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craftsmen
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Kōetsu’s artistic community of craftsmen was supported by wealthy merchant patrons of the Nichiren Buddhist sect at Takagamine.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025 -
The calculations for this come from a digital design configurator – and in the future, a robot will help craftsmen to position the bricks precisely.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Handworkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handworkers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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