handicraftsman

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But to men who work with their hands there must always be something specially inspiring in the life and example of one who was a handicraftsman and so much beside.

From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry

Menah or Menyah=artificer, artisan, builder, handicraftsman; cf. verb men=to build, found, establish, erect, also menta'al=to govern.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

But it is evidently not enough to say that the labour-saving machine has merely substituted the stored and concentrated effort of the inventor for that labour of the handicraftsman which is saved.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)

It is but natural that the handicraftsman, once released from his bonds, should have desired to share these privileges, more particularly as the old aristocratic régime constantly became more assertive and presumptuous.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Nor mine," said the Knave; "but no doubt you are a handicraftsman.

From Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty