Meanings
nounartisanry (countable and uncountable, plural artisanries)
plural artisanries
- countableuncountableThe work of an artisan.
- countableuncountableArtisans considered collectively.
Through the development of the rural artisanry, the great countryside could thereby participate in the development of the market, of the monetary economy, and industrial production […]
2003, Robert Castel, From Manual Workers to Wage Laborers: Transformation of the Social Question
Origin
Translations
Dutch ambacht
- ambachtthe work of an artisan
Polish rzemiosło, rzemieślnicy
- rzemiosłothe work of an artisan
- rzemieślnicyartisans considered collectively
Portuguese artesanato
- artesanatothe work of an artisan
Spanish artesanía
- artesaníathe work of an artisan
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