handworker

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noun

One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.

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Meanings

nounhandworker (plural handworkers)

plural handworkers

  1. One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.

    Among the handworkers in the shoe factories, the least skilled are those found in the sole-leather department, if there is one. Their work, described in Chapter III, requires little judgment and less dexterity […]

    1915, The Boot and Shoe Industry in Massachusetts as a Vocation for Women

Origin

From hand + worker.

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APA

handworker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handworker

MLA

“handworker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handworker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handworker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handworker.

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