craftspeople
plural noun
crafts·peo·ple
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Definition of craftspeople
: workers who practice a trade or craft
Examples of craftspeople in a Sentence
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On Sundays, living history craftspeople demonstrate woodworking, hearth and open fire cooking, gardening, sewing and other activities. — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "8 ways to celebrate Labor Day weekend in Baltimore," 29 Aug. 2019 Mallorca, SpainEver more crews are being drawn to the good life of Mallorca's mountain fincas and elegantly faded Art Nouveau apartments, with Palma's Santa Catalina district now pulsing with incoming ceramists, craftspeople, and artists. — Oliver Pilcher, Condé Nast Traveler, "How One Family Swapped a Hectic, Tech-Filled Schedule for Low-Key Beach Life," 23 Aug. 2019 Internationally backed projects to train craftspeople and archaeologists in Syria and Iraq may help those countries recreate what has been lost. — Jill Lawless, The Mercury News, "3-D printing recreates ancient sculpture destroyed by ISIS," 7 July 2019 Internationally backed projects to train craftspeople and archaeologists in Syria and Iraq may help those countries recreate what has been lost. — Jill Lawless, The Denver Post, "3-D printing recreates ancient sculpture destroyed by the Islamic State," 7 July 2019 Meanwhile in Montville, a group of local craftspeople had become interested in setting up a craft school near Haystack Mountain. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, "What makes a great art school? Haystack has the elusive answer.," 24 July 2019 For the last 1,300 years, the Ise Shrine in Japan has been ritually rebuilt by craftspeople every 20 years. — Wired, "Philanthropy and the Challenge of Quantifying Success," 30 July 2019 And these proud craftspeople would probably be happy to tell you. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Comic-Con 2019: Where the best superhero you can be is yourself," 19 July 2019 Pearl shops double as exhibits of Qatar's pre-oil industry, while dozens of stalls are piled with an astounding variety of bakhoor (Arabic incense) and Arabic spices, and craftspeople weave fishing nets in walk-in workshops. — Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, "Why Doha Is Much More Than a Stopover Destination," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'craftspeople.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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