tent-maker

noun

Someone who makes tents.

First used 16th c.
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Meanings

nountent-maker (plural tent-makers)

plural tent-makers

  1. Someone who makes tents.First known use 16th c.

    As far as Paul was concerned, the trade that met all these criteria was that of tent-maker (Acts 18: 3).

    2005, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Paul: His Story, page 29

Origin

From tent + maker.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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