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tradesman

/treydz-muhn/US // ˈtreɪdz mən //UK // (ˈtreɪdzmən) //

商人,业者,贸易商,交易员

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural trades·men.

    • : a person engaged in trade.
    • : a worker skilled in a particular craft; artisan; craftsman.
    • : Chiefly British. a shopkeeper.

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Examples

  • The American forces called out to meet the invaders and defend the capital numbered about 5,500, but most were local militia — farmers and tradesmen with minimal training.

  • If I'm a small tradesman struggling to see further than the next bill, why should I believe them?

  • He became the low-born, petty tradesman, using the language of the hands of his jam factory.

  • A stone mason was employed to engrave the following epitaph on a tradesman's wife: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband."

  • The bail, a reputable tradesman, with astonishment declared that he never was in a gaol in his life.

  • You will find these two traits in every grade of Scotch life—in tradesman, mechanic, and peasant.

  • Such a thing wouldn't be allowed in the house of a tradesman on the Rue St. Denis!