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tradie

tradie noun: a tradesman, tradesperson.

Noun

tradie (plural tradies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A tradesman, tradesperson.
    • Historically, the education of secondary technical school trade teachers (‘Technology Studies’ teachers in the new Ministry of Education nomenclature; “tradies” is their preferred term) has been seen as best conducted through a master-apprentice system.1993, Lawrence B. Angus, Education, inequality, and social identity, page 160
    • This show is a thinly veiled advertorial posing as a competition between tradies to be crowned King Gee Jack of All Trades.2007, Catherine Deveny, It's Not My Fault They Print Them, Black Inc., page 175

Forms of tradie

pluraltradies

Origin of tradie

From trade + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Questions about tradie

What does tradie mean?
Tradie means a tradesman, tradesperson.
What part of speech is tradie?
Tradie is a noun.
What is the plural of tradie?
The plural of tradie is tradies.

Words near tradie in the dictionary

  1. tradeworker
  2. tradey
  3. tradeys
  4. tradfemme
  5. TradFi
  6. tradie
  7. tradies
  8. tradigital
  9. tradin'
  10. trading
  11. trading away

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