Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who draws plans or designs, as of structures to be built.
- noun A man who draws, especially an artist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who draws or prepares plans, sketches, or designs; one skilled in drawing.
- noun One who draws up a written instrument; one skilled in the preparation of pleadings and conveyances.
- noun One who drinks drams; a tippler.
- noun A piece or “man” used in the game of checkers or draughts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
draughtsman .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US Alternative form of
draughtsman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an artist skilled at drawing
- noun a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
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Examples
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Uncle Amado walks to Lundeen and Hillfinger, the architectural firm where he works as a mere draftsman, which is near the domed courthouse that squats right in the middle of downtown.
Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010
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None of the documents referred to their draftsman.
Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002
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None of the documents referred to their draftsman.
Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002
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None of the documents referred to their draftsman.
Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002
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Hamilton Burger called a draftsman who produced plans of the Kent residence.
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970 1936
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Then gaining some insight into the manner in which the deed had been drawn, he would conclude that the draftsman was a specialist who had had long practice in this particular kind of work, but who now worked almost as it might be said automatically and without consciousness, and found it difficult to depart from a habitual method of procedure.
Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals Samuel Butler 1868
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Then gaining some insight into the manner in which the deed had been drawn, he would conclude that the draftsman was a specialist who had had long practice in this particular kind of work, but who now worked almost as it might be said automatically and without consciousness, and found it difficult to depart from a habitual method of procedure.
Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin Samuel Butler 1868
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Galileo the draftsman was a master of the Renaissance visual arts innovation of perspective, said art history professor Robert Williams.
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Galileo the draftsman was a master of the Renaissance visual arts innovation of perspective, said art history professor Robert Williams.
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I have to agree with eric here, 'draftsman' and 'illustrator' fit the bill to me although I can see where draftsman is too gender specific.
Draughtsman James Gurney 2009
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