handicraftsman

See also: handi-craftsman

English

Etymology

From handicraft +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

handicraftsman (plural handicraftsmen)

1. A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 384:

     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.

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 178:

     Handy-Crafts-Men, of Strong, & Manly Arts, as Smiths, Maſons, Carpenters, &c

   • 1742, Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol.6:

     He may, among the drunkards, be a hearty fellow, and, among sober handicraftsmen, a free-spoken gentleman; but he must have some better distinction, before he is a patriot.

   • 1878, James Inglis, Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier:

     Like all native handicraftsmen he sits down at his work.

   • 1903, Philip P. Wells, Bible Stories and Religious Classics:

     I know that a good honest handicraftsman, Erik, the glove-maker, has been your suitor; he is a widower without children, he is well off; think whether you cannot be content with him.

Translations

practitioner of a handicraft

• Dutch: ambachtsman (nl) m