Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes tents.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose occupation it is to make tents.
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- noun A
manufacturer oftents .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes or repairs tents
Etymologies
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Examples
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I hear that Omar the tentmaker is fashioning their suits these days.
Think Progress » Senate GOP Candidate Carly Fiorina Flip-Flops On Cap-And-Trade 2010
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In the literature on the subject, a tentmaker is typically defined as someone who finds placement in a restricted-access foreign culture as a secular worker with the object of sharing the gospel.
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The wise tentmaker is training for years and years in their home setting before they go abroad.
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However, although a tentmaker might be a part of a business, the business itself might not be an integral part of the ministry as it is with business as mission.
Unleashing the Brazilian Evangelical Missionary Force through a Business as Mission model 2007
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"tentmaker" (probably referring to working with leather), he rented a shop in the agora
internetmonk.com 2010
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My father was a tentmaker, not a lawyer, and he couldn't answer the question.
Henry J. Stern: The Bigger They Come Henry J. Stern 2011
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My father was a tentmaker, not a lawyer, and he couldn't answer the question.
Henry J. Stern: The Bigger They Come Henry J. Stern 2011
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All make good products in addition to several others that you can Google for in case you don't have a local tentmaker.
Wall tents 2009
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All make good products in addition to several others that you can Google for in case you don't have a local tentmaker.
Wall tents 2009
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“I think Omar the tentmaker had to make it,” Stu Miller quipped.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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