draftsperson

noun

drafts·​person ˈdraf(t)s-ˌpər-sᵊn How to pronounce draftsperson (audio)
ˈdräf(t)s-

Examples of draftsperson in a Sentence

She was one of the bill's draftspeople.
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During the war, Mrs. Goldberg worked in New York City as a draftsperson for Bell Laboratories. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024 Barnes understood the human body not from the outside in, in the studied manner of a draftsperson, but from the inside out, through his knowledge of how bone, muscle and ligament move in concert. Adam Bradley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023 According to architecture historian and former Schindler draftsperson Esther McCoy, Neutra went behind Schindler’s back and stole the Health House commission. Coastmag, Orange County Register, 3 Mar. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of draftsperson was in 1975

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“Draftsperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draftsperson. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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