(n.) One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dexter was a consummate theatrical craftsman and Lindsay was, in one form, a sort of poetic director.
(2) Isaiah 41:7 even manages to (sort of) cover two Premiership clubs: "The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil."
(3) With the enthusiasm of a master craftsman, Bobbitt explains how it was constructed.
(4) He makes his living as a master craftsman of scene and setting, for him to claim now that he wasn’t perfectly aware that his message was precisely ‘cops are murderers’ is ludicrous,” said Johnson.
(5) This is, of course, only once you have finished lapping up the exhaustive travel guides: 48 Hours In Venice implores you to "discover hidden gems and craftsman [sic]" in between aperitifs, which presumably you'll be much in need of after all that work layering statement necklaces.
(6) One local craftsman suggests that Erdogan's style of governing has become untenable for the country: "In Turkey , we now have the situation that one half of the country loves the prime minister unconditionally whereas the other half not only does not vote for him, but truly hates him.
(7) He was, and I'm sure still is, a proper craftsman.
(8) She has termed SF “a crazy, protean, left-handed monkey wrench”, a fictional tool that “can be put to any use the craftsman has in mind – satire, extrapolation, prediction, absurdity, exactitude, exaggeration, warning, message-carrying, tale-telling, whatever you like”.
(9) Stromayr, a master craftsman, also expresses his hostility to the shams and ignorance of the charlatan eye surgeons of his day.
(10) Isaiah 41:7 even manages to (sort of) cover two Premier League clubs: "The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil."
(11) In the course of history of anatomy the prosector (dissector, incisor, secant, sculptor, procurator) held total different positions: at first he acted as a manual craftsman (barber surgeon) and as teacher's assistant lacking any academic education (organized in fraternities or guilds).
(12) For everything it can mean this year, he is the songwriter to beat, a waltz-loving, George Harrison-quoting, profane craftsman who gets fan letters from Courtney Love and still beats up on himself.
(13) It is an amazing work of art which was built by a craftsman in Richmond.
(14) Months later, the painstaking removal of layers of paint and wallpaper revealed that an entire wall at the artist and craftsman's first married home was painted by his young friends who would become world-famous pre-Raphaelite artists.
(15) While the Dutch were selling single tulip bulbs for 10 times a craftsman's annual income, the British were panicking about their own economic crisis.
(16) On this basis, a more phenomenological view of alcoholism and alcoholism treatment is suggested as a way out of the schism between the craftsman and the professional, both of whom operate from within a linear, cause-effect mode of thinking.
(17) Occupations with at least twofold excess of mesotheliomas included the craftsman categories of plumbers, mechanics and repairmen, electricians, painters, tire makers, and stationary equipment operators.
(18) The patient, a home craftsman, acquired his infection from imported animal-origin yarn.
(19) As the craftsman returned, the diva made an understated exit.
(20) So within the strictures and confines of this very formal piece we detect a human presence, the Gawain poet, a disciplined craftsman who also liked to run risks and take liberties.
Craftsmen
Definition:
(pl. ) of Craftsman
Example Sentences:
(1) Röttgen argues that instead of sending billions of Euros to Russia and other sources of imported energy, Germany will now be able "to give that money to our green-tech engineers and local craftsmen."
(2) It is rather beautiful, in its ugliness, but it is primarily useful today for the existence of 1961-era microphones and cameras, an auditorium wholly available for conversion to a courtroom, several severely talented Vilnius craftsmen and a handful of local mensches doubling as Israeli guards and possibly wishing it was actually 1961 and, maybe, Jerusalem and actually warm.
(3) The proportion of children surviving to age 21 was significantly higher for farmers than for craftsmen.
(4) For the severely and occupationally disabled, industries staffed by craftsmen and operatives had lower rates of retention than did other sectors.
(5) Bovey Tracey is a pretty town on the edge of Dartmoor and is the home of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen , an acclaimed showcase for contemporary craft and design in an enormous Victorian watermill.
(6) Gone are the farmers and craftsmen, even the small business owners.
(7) In addition, elevated risks (from 1.5 to 2.6) of lung cancer were found among craftsmen and laborers, with the highest risks among subjects who worked in the mining or manufacturing industry.
(8) Farmers raised a significantly higher mean number of children to age 21 than did craftsmen, although mean numbers of children born to farmers and craftsmen were not significantly different.
(9) "When I proposed at a meeting of EU mayors the idea of also introducing Erasmus for craftsmen and professionals, a Welsh mayor said: 'My citizens would never accept this!'
(10) Data from parish registers on 182 couples married between 1754 and 1772 in Lancashire, England, were used to compare lifetime reproductive success of farmers and craftsmen.
(11) Today's headlines in Mexico include: "Benedict XVI will keep using Mexican shoes," and "Benedict XVI loves his shoes from Mexican craftsmen."
(12) HS That is absolutely not my gripe: if anyone is potty (and rich) enough to spend a grand on a handbag, that’s fine by me— and you’re right, all power to the craftsmen and everyone else involved.
(13) The roentgen-anatomical study of the cervical portion of the vertebral column (fluorography and roentgenography in 2 projections followed by morphometrical treatment) was performed in 603 representatives of different professions: turners, milling-machine operators, craftsmen, mechanicians, jugglers, engineers and constructors.
(14) They are raiders and marauders and they are traders and explorers and craftsmen.
(15) A leaflet was handed out about the making of the chair by master craftsmen.
(16) 8 subjects learning the art of lacquerware were patch tested to urushiol before and after contact with lacquer, in order to document whether hyposensitization to urushiol occurred among Japanese lacquer craftsmen.
(17) It’s not all about the clouds and plumes; it’s about the flavour and the nicotine delivery.” The scene reminds me of sitting around a table of craftsmen spliff builders, all nerdily discussing hydroponics, sativa strains and THC levels.
(18) These are work order management, equipment management, craftsmen management, material and supply control, and monitoring of maintenance activities.
(19) It is more of the world of craftsmen than of the world of scientists.
(20) Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue were the second most common cause for referral and were increased in transport and communications workers, and in craftsmen, production workers, and labourers.