draughtsman

What it means

1. A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.

   1 more example

   It was after the building and successful trials of the "Lord Nelson" engine on the Southern Railway that Sir Henry Fowler, then C.M.E. of the L.M.S.R., sent his chief draughtsman, Herbert Chambers, to Waterloo with the proposed weight diagram of a new 4-6-0 engine (to be known as a "Royal Scot" class), and to discuss the proposal with Mr. Clayton.

   1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Modern Locomotive History”, in Railway Magazine, page 50

2. obsoleteA book illustrator.
3. obsoleteOne who drinks drams; a tippler.

   I have used my interest in several wards of the city , that the wholesome restorative above - mentioned may be given in tavern - kitchens to all the morning's draughtsmen within

   1709, The Tatler

In a sentence

It was after the building and successful trials of the "Lord Nelson" engine on the Southern Railway that Sir Henry Fowler, then C.M.E. of the L.M.S.R., sent his chief draughtsman, Herbert Chambers, to Waterloo with the proposed weight diagram of a new 4-6-0 engine (to be known as a "Royal Scot" class), and to discuss the proposal with Mr. Clayton.

1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Modern Locomotive History”, in Railway Magazine, page 50

Where it comes from

From draught + -s- + -man.