ARTISAN
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACTIONER an artisan who makes the action of an instrument, as of a gun, piano, etc. → 1881
► CRAFTIMAN ► CRAFTYMAN a skilled artisan, craftsman, etc. → 1000 obs.
► HANDCRAFTMAN ► HANDCRAFTSMAN a person, esp. a man, working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman → 1480
► HANDICRAFT a handicraftsman, an artisan, a workman → 1586 obs.
► HANDICRAFTMAN a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman → 1544 now chiefly S. Asian
► HANDICRAFTSMAN ► HANDY-CRAFTS-MAN a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan, a craftsman → 1530 now chiefly S. Asian
► MASTER-MAN an artisan or tradesman who sets up for himself → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SPOORIE a Black artisan → 20C S. Afr.
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