craftsman
Syllables: crafts·manUK/ˈkɹɑːftsmən//ˈkɹæftsmən/
craftsman noun: one who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
Noun (1)
craftsman (plural craftsmen)
- One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
- Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.1874, The Quarterly Review, volume 137, page 388
- And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 232d
- A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
- Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).[...]Chiayi is still home to numerous koji craftsmen - in...2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287
- A person who produces arts and crafts.
Adjective capitalized: Craftsman
Craftsman (not comparable)
- Of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century.
Noun (2) capitalized: Craftsman
Craftsman (plural Craftsmen)
- A building built in the Craftsman architectural style
craftsman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
craftsman in Hindi
- male artisan
- कारीगर kārīgar
craftsman in Tamil
- கை வினைஞர், கைபுனைஞர், வினைஞர், கைவினைஞர்
craftsman in Marathi
- a craftsman, artisan, or craftsperson skilled in a particular craft or art
- शिल्पकार śilpakār
- a craftsman or artisan, especially one skilled in sculpture, carving, or other fine arts
- शिल्पी śilpī
craftsman in Urdu
- male artisan
- کارِیگَر kārīgar
More languagesFewer languages
- craftsman in Bengali
- কারিগর karigor
- craftsman in Malayalam
- കരകൗശലവിദഗ്ദ്ധൻ, കാരി, കരകൗശലപ്പണിക്കാരൻ, ദാരു
- craftsman in Kannada
- ಕುಶಲಕರ್ಮಿ, ಕರಕುಶಲಿ, ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ, ಕಲಾಚತುರ
- craftsman in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰੀਗਰ kārīgar, ਦਸਤਕਾਰ dastakār
- craftsman in Sanskrit
- ऋभु ṛbhu
- craftsman in Arabic
- صَانِع ṣāniʕ, حِرَفِيّ ḥirafiyy, حِرْفِيّ ḥirfiyy
- craftsman in Malay
- tukang, pandai
- craftsman in Indonesian
- tukang
- craftsman in Thai
- ช่างฝีมือ châang-fǐi-mʉʉ
- craftsman in Vietnamese
- nghệ nhân
- craftsman in Myanmar
- ပညာသည် pa.nyasany
Examples of craftsman in a sentence
- A demiurge or craftsman god takes pre-existing matter and fashions it in light of the eternal Forms.
- The master craftsman received a National Award from the then president of India Shri APJ Abdul Kalam.
- Holyokian architecture is a product of the rapid industrial growth of the nineteenth century, with ornate details executed by the craftsmen who settled there.
Forms of craftsman
| plural | craftsmen |
|---|---|
| alternative form | craftman |
| plural | Craftsmen |
Origin of craftsman
From craft + -s- + -man.
Words formed from craftsman
Phrases with craftsman
Questions about craftsman
- What does craftsman mean?
- Craftsman means one who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
- What is craftsman in Hindi?
- Craftsman in Hindi is कारीगर (kārīgar). See Craftsman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is craftsman?
- Craftsman can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce craftsman?
- Craftsman is pronounced /ˈkɹɑːftsmən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of craftsman?
- The plural of craftsman is craftsmen.
Words near craftsman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: craftsman (page history and authors); Craftsman (page history and authors); craftsman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शिल्पकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); craftsman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); craftsman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਾਰੀਗਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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