handicraftsman

[ han-dee-krafts-muh n, -krahfts- ]

/ ˈhæn diˌkræfts mən, -ˌkrɑfts- /

a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.

Origin of handicraftsman

First recorded in 1545–55; handicraft + 's¹ + man¹

See -man.

hand·i·crafts·man·ship, noun

Here, he said, we found perfect unity between the imaginative artist and the handicraftsman.

Miscellanies |Oscar Wilde
It was handicraftsman speaking critically and appreciatively of handicraftsman.

Babylon, Volume 1 (of 3) |Grant Allen
Your people love art but do not sufficiently honour the handicraftsman.

Essays and Lectures |Oscar Wilde
It was still, happily, the age of the handicraftsman; the machinery age was yet to come.

Legends of Loudoun |Harrison Williams

I am the son of a handicraftsman, I must labor long yet over thy happiness and my own.

In Vain |Henryk Sienkiewicz