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as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
an antique dealer who's known as a good tradesman, buying his items cheaply and selling them for a hefty profit
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as in craftsman
a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands
carpenters joining the tradesmen's union
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Constellation Home technicians — including HVAC journeymen, plumbers and other skilled tradesmen — service more than 1,000 homes across Maryland each day.
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Kevin Klages, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
Paper money was a polarizing issue—farmers and tradesmen liked it; the rich did not—and Franklin contributed to the political controversy by advocating for it in A Modest Enquiry Into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Mike Brown, a 53-year-old tradesman from Tower City, has mostly witnessed decline within his part of Appalachia in Schuylkill County.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
In a nation that idolizes its tradesmen, nothing is more sacrosanct than a tradie’s pickup truck.
—Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
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Kevin Klages, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024
Paper money was a polarizing issue—farmers and tradesmen liked it; the rich did not—and Franklin contributed to the political controversy by advocating for it in A Modest Enquiry Into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency.
—Adam Smyth, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Mike Brown, a 53-year-old tradesman from Tower City, has mostly witnessed decline within his part of Appalachia in Schuylkill County.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
In a nation that idolizes its tradesmen, nothing is more sacrosanct than a tradie’s pickup truck.
—Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Tradesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tradesman. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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