Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Games One of the pieces used in draughts; a checker.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
draftsman .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who draws pleadings or other writings.
- noun One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.
- noun A “man” or piece used in the game of draughts.
- noun obsolete One who drinks drams; a tippler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person skilled at
drawing engineering orarchitectural plans . - noun A
piece in the game ofdraughts (checkers ). - noun obsolete One who drinks
drams ; atippler .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
Etymologies
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Examples
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But inversely, the bureaucratic draughtsman is truly the more sublime artist, the one favored by God with the gift to fill Man's soul with Divine Grace, though unfortunately, he still dies penniless and in obscurity.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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But inversely, the bureaucratic draughtsman is truly the more sublime artist, the one favored by God with the gift to fill Man's soul with Divine Grace, though unfortunately, he still dies penniless and in obscurity.
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If you say that Dali, though a brilliant draughtsman, is a dirty little scoundrel, you are looked upon as a savage.
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Papillon himself, while described as a draughtsman of the utmost accuracy, was criticized for making his work so minute that it was impossible to print clearly.
John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut Jacob Kainen
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The draughtsman will be a master in building palaces or temples, and will carve statues and will paint pictures; for the said Master Michael and Raphael and Baltesar di
Michael Angelo Buonarroti Charles Holroyd 1889
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Juan de la Cosa of Santoña, afterwards well known as a draughtsman and
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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The lusty frankness, the jovial ingenuity, the keen sense of the ridiculous, the insatiable instinct of observation, of the draughtsman are a great part of the equipment of the playwright.
Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation William Ernest Henley 1876
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"A draughtsman is the very fellow we want," he cried; "and a draughtsman who can wield weapons as you can, John Stark, is the very man for us.
French and English A Story of the Struggle in America Evelyn Everett-Green 1894
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The artist plays several roles in his work; he is at once choreographer, performer, and draughtsman.
Bill Bush: Drawing on Experience: This Artweek.LA (May 23-29) Bill Bush 2011
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The artist plays several roles in his work; he is at once choreographer, performer, and draughtsman.
Bill Bush: Drawing on Experience: This Artweek.LA (May 23-29) Bill Bush 2011
valse commented on the word draughtsman
"A draughtsman or draftsman (the former more often in the UK, the latter more often in the US, and pronounced the same) is a person skilled in drawing, either:
* drawing for artistic purposes, or
* technical drawing for practical purposes such as architecture or engineering."
-Wikipedia
August 4, 2007