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tradespeople

[ treydz-pee-puh l ]

/ ˈtreɪdzˌpi pəl /

plural noun

those persons who are engaged in trade; tradesmen.

Chiefly British.

tradesmen.
shopkeepers collectively.

Also trades·folk

[treydz-fohk] /ˈtreɪdzˌfoʊk/.

Origin of tradespeople

First recorded in 1720–30; trade + 's¹ + people

Words nearby tradespeople

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

Example sentences from the Web for tradespeople

Hitherto she had fought with all her might against running in debt to the tradespeople, for, more than all else, she feared debt.

Far Above Rubies |George MacDonald
Are you still of the opinion that tradespeople should be branded on the forehead down to the third generation?

Letters of a Dakota Divorcee |Jane Burr
And, in all truth, her tradespeople served her faithfully, knowing that there was everything to gain by treating her well.

L'Assommoir |Emile Zola
The tradespeople all gave testimony to his being "a pure substantial man, who paid for every thing he had like a true gentleman."

Tales of My Time, Vol. 1 (of 3) |William Pitt Scargill

And the scene is repeated—and so on with the baker, the grocer, and all the lady's tradespeople.

Jonathan and His Continent |Max O'Rell

British Dictionary definitions for tradespeople

tradespeople

tradesfolk (ˈtreɪdzˌfəʊk)

/ (ˈtreɪdzˌpiːpəl) /

pl n

mainly British people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers