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tradesman

[ treydz-muh n ]

/ ˈtreɪdz mən /

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noun, plural trades·men.

a person engaged in trade.

a worker skilled in a particular craft; artisan; craftsman.

Chiefly British. a shopkeeper.

Origin of tradesman

First recorded in 1590–1600; trade + 's¹ + -man

usage note for tradesman

See -man.

Words nearby tradesman

tradeoff, trader, trades union congress, tradescant, tradescantia, tradesman, tradespeople, tradeswoman, trading card, trading estate, trading floor

Example sentences from the Web for tradesman

He had not disgraced himself, and no friend or tradesman was the poorer for his rashness.

Hard Pressed |Fred M. White
Yet the name of “merchant” and “tradesman” not unfrequently occurs in the descriptions of borough p. 82voters.

Recollections of Old Liverpool |A Nonagenarian
At the name of Jacopo, the tradesman dropped the paper and fled.

The Bravo |J. Fenimore Cooper
One of these was a small London tradesman whose premises were situated in a remote and quiet back street.

British Secret Service During the Great War |Nicholas Everitt

But a tradesman with sword on thigh and very prompt of stroke was not only redoubtable, he had become respectable also.

The Oxford Book of American Essays |Various

British Dictionary definitions for tradesman

tradesman

/ (ˈtreɪdzmən) /

noun plural -men

a man engaged in trade, esp a retail dealer

a skilled worker

Derived forms of tradesman

tradeswoman, fem n