draftsman
pronunciation
How to pronounce draftsman in British English:
UK [ˈdrɑ:ftsmən]
How to pronounce draftsman in American English:
US [ˈdræftsmən]
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- Noun:
- a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
- an artist skilled at drawing
Word Origin
- draftsman (n.)
- 1660s, variant of draughtsman; also see draft.
Example
- 1. After graduating , he became a draftsman and advertising designer with a cable company .
- 2. He 's an architectural draftsman in the office where I work .
- 3. Say what you will about rockwell 's subject matter , but he was a master draftsman and storyteller .
- 4. According to this conception , the genius of madison 's design is not that it provides us a fixed blueprint for action , the way a draftsman plots a building 's construction .
- 5. A 13th-century english writer and draftsman , matthew paris , is represented by compelling close-up , tinted portrayals of the virgin and christ .