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handicraftman

handicraftman 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 handicraftman

pluralhandicraftmen

Origin of handicraftman

From handicraft + -man.

Questions about handicraftman

What is handicraftman the alternative form of?
Handicraftman is the alternative form of handicraftsman.

Words near handicraftman in the dictionary

  1. handicappism
  2. handicaps
  3. handicraft
  4. handicrafter
  5. handicrafters
  6. handicraftman
  7. handicraftmen
  8. handicrafts
  9. handicraftship
  10. handicraftsman
  11. handicraftsmanship

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