tradesman
Example Sentences
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Now, he urges other tradesmen to carry them too, because tradesmen are "out and about in people's houses" and can be in the right place to help when things go wrong.
From BBC
Other skilled tradesmen—electricians, auto mechanics, bricklayers—also enjoy decent starting salaries and good prospects.
For enterprising men, money from war, industry or trade was a passport through social frontiers—the tradesman, merchant or lucky naval captain could become a landed gentleman, as happens in Austen’s novels.
“We have over a million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians and tradesmen.”
“Literature nowadays is a trade,” Milvain insists: Putting aside men of genius, who may succeed by mere cosmic force, your successful man of letters is your skillful tradesman.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
