Noun

(en noun)

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

(Joseph Addison)

(rare) A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.

(John Dryden)

Noun

(handicraftsmen)

A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.

*, II.18:

*:I know, that a handicraftsman will scarcely looke off his worke, to gaze upon an ordinary man: Whereas to see a notable great person come into a towne, he will leave both worke and shop.

*{{quote-book, year=1742, author=Samuel Johnson, title= The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol.6

, passage=He may, among the drunkards, be a hearty fellow, and, among sober handicraftsmen , a free-spoken gentleman; but he must have some better distinction, before he is a patriot.}}

*{{quote-book, year=1878, author=James Inglis, title= Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier

, passage=Like all native handicraftsmen he sits down at his work.}}

*{{quote-book, year=1903, author=Philip P. Wells, title= Bible Stories and Religious Classics

, passage=I know that a good honest handicraftsman , Erik, the glove-maker, has been your suitor; he is a widower without children, he is well off; think whether you cannot be content with him.}}