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Definition of Tradesman
1. Noun. A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
Group relationships: Tradespeople
Specialized synonyms: Cleaner, Dry Cleaner, Florist, Hosier, Newsagent, Newsdealer, Newsstand Operator, Newsvendor, Tobacconist
Generic synonyms: Merchandiser, Merchant
Definition of Tradesman
1. n. One who trades; a shopkeeper.
Definition of Tradesman
1. Noun. A skilled manual worker (implied male). ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) One who trades; a shopkeeper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tradesman
1. [n TRADESMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tradesman
Literary usage of Tradesman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"Enter a Married Lady. To her approaches Obsequious tradesman. Obsequious tradesman.
What may I have the honour of showing you, ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"Whether proof of a private withdrawal upon the husband's part, without notice to
the tradesman, of the wife's authority to purchase ordinary household ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"But the tradesman had risen to his feet, beads of perspiration on his forehead.
... and the tradesman mopped his forehead. "Fogs was always dangerous to ..."
4. English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from by George Crabb (1854)
"TRAUER > trader, merchant, tradesman:.. 335 tradesman TO TRADUCE—lo disparage,
detract, traduce, depreciate, degrade,decry 105 TRAIN—procession, ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"He began life as apprentice to a tradesman, and afterwards he was a footman.
His first publication, made when he was twenty-nine years old, was a collection ..."
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