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as in traders
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
an antique dealer who's known as a good tradesman, buying his items cheaply and selling them for a hefty profit
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as in craftsmen
a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands
carpenters joining the tradesmen's union
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Recent Examples of tradesmen
During the summer of 1768, a riot broke out in Boston, led by laborers, tradesmen, and sailors protesting against these unjust policing practices.
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Time, 9 Oct. 2025
There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Time, 9 Oct. 2025
There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tradesmen
Noun
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Futures bets on the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 were both pointing strongly up this morning prior to the opening bell in New York, suggesting that some traders think yesterday’s bloodbath in the markets was overdone.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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Markets react For their part, traders weren’t buying the hawkish rhetoric.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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The workshop is like a metalsmith’s laboratory, where craftsmen skilled in traditional goldsmithing techniques constantly experiment with new materials and methods.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
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Building a piano takes Steinway’s skilled craftsmen 11 months from start to finish.—
Joel Williams,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Airwallex’s focus, instead, is on companies that want a global presence and need to be able to issue employee cards, open bank accounts, and pay merchants across dozens of jurisdictions.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Already, Etsy and Walmart, as well as Shopify merchants like Spanx, Glossier and Vuori have signed up to be part of Instant Checkout, though rollout is still pending in some of those cases.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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Today, the bikemaker has more than 5,000 dealers in India alone, with a global presence in more than 90 countries, and five manufacturing facilities spread out across the globe to meet that demand.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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Children unfamiliar with the world in time become easy marks for the dealers in fascist politics and quack religions.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Tradesmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tradesmen. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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