tradesperson

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noun

A skilled manual worker.

Similar
tradie
OriginEnglish person ← Middle English persoun ← Anglo-Norman persoune →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

nountradesperson (plural tradespersons or tradespeople)

plural tradespersons · plural tradespeople

  1. A skilled manual worker.

    Synonyms: tradie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA skilled manual worker.

Similar
tradie
Also see
tradesworker

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dreh₂-
  2. Proto-Germanic*tradō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*trudo
  4. Old Saxontrada
  5. Middle Low Germantrade
  6. Middle Englishtrade
  7. Englishtrade
  8. Latinpersōna
  9. Anglo-Normanpersoune
  10. Middle Englishpersoun
  11. Englishperson
  12. Englishtradesperson

From trade + -s- + person.

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Translations

Bulgarian занаятчи́я
  • занаятчи́я (zanajatčíja)manual worker
German Handwerker
  • Handwerkermanual worker
Polish robotnik, robotnica
  • robotnikmanual worker
  • robotnicamanual worker
Cite this entry
APA

tradesperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tradesperson

MLA

“tradesperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tradesperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tradesperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tradesperson.

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