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tradesmen

tradesmen is the plural of tradesman.

Meaning of tradesman

Noun

tradesman (plural tradesmen)

  1. A skilled manual worker (implied male).
  2. (dated) A manual worker (implied male) who visits private premises to perform his job.
    • Tradesmen should use the rear entrance.
  3. (dated) One who works in trade (commerce); a shopkeeper.
    • After this memorable event, I went to the hatter's, and the bootmaker's, and the hosier's, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard's dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. […] It was not necessary to explain everywhere that I had come into a handsome property; but whenever I said...1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

Phrases with tradesmen

Questions about tradesmen

What is tradesmen the plural of?
Tradesmen is the plural of tradesman.

Words near tradesmen in the dictionary

  1. tradesman's entrance
  2. tradesman's entrances
  3. tradesmanlike
  4. tradesmanly
  5. tradesmanship
  6. tradesmen
  7. tradespeople
  8. tradespeoples
  9. tradesperson
  10. tradespersons
  11. tradest

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