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Definition of Artisans
1. artisan [n] - See also: artisan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Artisans
Literary usage of Artisans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1912)
"1 The law which prohibited the emigration of artisans had been equally ...
Notwithstanding the law many able and intelligent artisans had gone abroad; ..."
2. Propositions Concerning Protection and Free Trade by Willard Phillips (1850)
"It is not for the interest of the country to put off each useful art, until our
own artisans have as great skill in it as artisans in countries abroad, ..."
3. A History of Italian Unity: Being a Political History of Italy from 1814 to 1871 by Bolton King (1899)
"In a country, too, where they probably did not exceed 15 per cent, of the
population, the artisans were too humble a factor to play any large part in the ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"Are there any Jews who, answering to what we call “ artisans,” work as such in
any of our large ‘manufacturing towns, or in any of our cotton mills PI know ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1849)
"... 224 in 1000 are found living at 65 and above, and in the midland counties 413
in 1000. Of artisans in this branch 843 in 1000 die under 45 years of age. ..."
6. An Introduction to the Industrial History of England by Abbott Payson Usher (1920)
"... the early period of the Old Empire, but it is not easy to determine the status
of these artisans or their relation to possible employers or customers. ..."
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