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handicraftsmen

handicraftsmen is the plural 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

Questions about handicraftsmen

What is handicraftsmen the plural of?
Handicraftsmen is the plural of handicraftsman.

Words near handicraftsmen in the dictionary

  1. handicraftmen
  2. handicrafts
  3. handicraftship
  4. handicraftsman
  5. handicraftsmanship
  6. handicraftsmen
  7. handicraftswoman
  8. handicraftswomen
  9. handicuffs
  10. handie
  11. handie talkie

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