handicraftsman

plural handicraftsmen

1. A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.

   Like all native handicraftsmen he sits down at his work.

   1878, James Inglis, Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier

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   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

   Handy-Crafts-Men, of Strong, & Manly Arts, as Smiths, Maſons, Carpenters, &c

   1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 178

   He may, among the drunkards, be a hearty fellow, and, among sober handicraftsmen, a free-spoken gentleman; but he must have some better distinction, before he is a patriot.

   1742, Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol.6

   I know that a good honest handicraftsman, Erik, the glove-maker, has been your suitor; he is a widower without children, he is well off; think whether you cannot be content with him.

   1903, Philip P. Wells, Bible Stories and Religious Classics