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handi-craftsman

handi-craftsman is the alternative form of handicraftsman.

Meaning of handicraftsman

Noun

handicraftsman (plural handicraftsmen)

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

Forms of handi-craftsman

pluralhandi-craftsmen

Questions about handi-craftsman

What is handi-craftsman the alternative form of?
Handi-craftsman is the alternative form of handicraftsman.

Words near handi-craftsman in the dictionary

  1. handhole
  2. handholes
  3. handi
  4. handi wipe
  5. handi wipes
  6. handi-craftsman
  7. handi-craftsmen
  8. handi-wipe
  9. handi-wipes
  10. handicam
  11. handicamp

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