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Craftsman   /krˈæftsmən/  /krˈæfsmən/   Listen
Craftsman

noun
(pl. craftsmen)
1.
A professional whose work is consistently of high quality.
2.
A creator of great skill in the manual arts.  Synonym: crafter.
3.
A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.  Synonyms: artificer, artisan, journeyman.



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"Craftsman" Quotes from Famous Books



... she gasped with shining eyes, lifting her face like a child for his kiss. She leaned against him studying the painting earnestly, appreciating the mastery of a fellow craftsman, ecstatically happy—then she slipped the chain over her head and closing the case tucked it away ...
— The Shadow of the East • E. M. Hull

... whose body had been fashioned perfectly and without flaw by the hands of the divine craftsman, walked the earth with gracious mien. Fair-eyed was he, with locks like clustering vine-tendrils, and cheeks rosy as the apples of Love; but the soul of this man was cunning, and he rejoiced in evils and cruelties, ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... some reason to regret that he had not acted on Bayne's advice to the letter. There had been a large trade's meeting overnight, and the hostility to the London craftsman had spread more widely, in consequence of remarks that had been there made. This emboldened the lower class of workmen, who already disliked him out of pure envy, and had often scowled at him in silence; and, now, as he passed them, they ...
— Put Yourself in His Place • Charles Reade

... your father is a proud man; and see, take those arrows of my own making and learn from them how to trim the hazel. You have a steady hand and bold eye; be a craftsman when you return to Locksley, and I will give you control of some part of the forest, under me. Now, farewell—take my greetings to ...
— Robin Hood • Paul Creswick

... Gunner Phillips, of "C" Battalion, Tank Corps, called at our house in London, and told us a great deal about Paul from the standpoint of the men in the battalion. Mr. Phillips, a young craftsman of high intelligence, spoke with intense affection of our son, whom he knew almost from the first day Paul joined the Tanks. He said: "Lieutenant Paul Jones was sociable and most considerate. He was a grand officer and treated his men like brothers. He would never ask the men to do what he ...
— War Letters of a Public-School Boy • Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones


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