Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.

    Zeichner, Bauzeichner, Konstruktionszeichner

    чертёжникčertjóžnik, рисова́льщикrisoválʹščik

    креслярkresljar, рисувальникrysuvalʹnyk

    a male skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines

  2. A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).

  3. (obsolete)A book illustrator.

    Buchillustrator

  4. (obsolete)One who drinks drams; a tippler.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Tom asked his friend, who is a draughtsman, to draw up some plans for his extension.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans:
Русский
By meaning 1
person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans:
(obsolete in English) book illustrator:

Origin

From draught + -s- + -man. From draughts + -man.

From draught + -s- + -man.

From draughts + -man.

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Forms

plural: draughtsmen

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a male skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines:draftsman

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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