Definition of "tradesman" []

• A man engaged in retail trade. (noun)
• A craftsman. (noun)

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• "Man for man, though, the highly-skilled Yorkshire tradesman, is better value, but there is no premium in efficiency."
• "The French tradesman is a better window-dresser than the Englishman."
• "The tradesman is cheated; – not by me, for I am cheated in my turn; nor (except indirectly) by Mr Norton, for it is his wife whom he defrauds."