English > skilled workman: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A worker who has acquired special skills. |
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| Synonyms | skilled worker, trained worker |
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| Narrower | aquanaut, oceanaut | A skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research |
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| armorer, armourer | A worker skilled in making armor or arms |
| aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer | someone who operates an aircraft |
| baker, bread maker | someone who bakes bread or cake |
| balloonist | someone who flies a balloon |
| butcher, slaughterer | A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market |
| calligrapher, calligraphist | someone skilled in penmanship |
| coiner, minter, moneyer | A skilled worker who coins or stamps money |
| cook | someone who cooks food |
| craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer | A skilled worker who practices some trade / trade or handicraft |
| crewman, crew member | A member of a flight crew |
| cutter | someone whose work is cutting / cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments) |
| dental hygienist | someone trained to provide preventive dental / dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays) |
| draftsman, draughtsman, draftsperson | A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines |
| dyer | someone whose job is to dye cloth |
| editor, editor in chief | A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication |
| electrician, lineman, linesman | A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines |
| engraver | A skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching |
| esthetician, aesthetician | A worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) |
| fisherman, fisher | someone whose occupation is catching fish |
| founder | A worker who makes metal castings |
| framer | someone who makes frames (as for pictures) |
| fumigator | someone whose job is to fumigate |
| galvanizer, galvaniser | A skilled worker who coats / coats iron or steel with zinc |
| gilder | someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt |
| grip | worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made |
| harpooner, harpooneer | someone who launches harpoons |
| hunter, huntsman | someone who hunts game |
| indexer | someone who provides an index |
| laminator | A person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates) |
| lobsterman | A person whose occupation is catching lobsters |
| lockmaster, lockman, lockkeeper | A worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) |
| mender, repairer, fixer | A skilled worker who mends or repairs things |
| mortician, undertaker, funeral undertaker, funeral director | One whose business is the management of funerals |
| mounter | A skilled worker who mounts pictures / pictures or jewels etc. |
| official, functionary | A worker who holds or is invested with an office |
| oilman | A worker who produces or sells petroleum |
| optician, lens maker | A worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision |
| painter | A worker who is employed to cover objects with paint |
| perfecter | A skilled worker who perfects something |
| phlebotomist | someone who practices phlebotomy |
| plaiter | someone who plaits / plaits (hair or fabric etc.) |
| plasterer | A worker skilled in applying plaster |
| plater | A skilled worker who coats / coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold) |
| power worker, power-station worker | A worker at a power station |
| printer, pressman | someone whose occupation is printing |
| projectionist | The person who operates the projector in a movie house |
| refiner | One whose work is to refine a specific thing |
| refinisher, renovator, restorer, preserver | A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture |
| riveter, rivetter | A worker who inserts and hammers rivets |
| router | A worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery |
| sailor, crewman | Any member of a ship's crew |
| serviceman, military man, man, military personnel | someone who serves in the armed forces |
| shearer | A skilled worker who shears the wool / wool off of sheep or other animals |
| skinner | A person who prepares or deals in animal skins |
| smith, metalworker | someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) |
| smith | someone who works at something specified |
| technician | someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process |
| tuner, piano tuner | someone who tunes pianos |
| turner | A lathe operator |
| turtler | someone whose occupation is hunting turtles |
| voicer | someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes |
| vulcanizer, vulcaniser | someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency |
| wallpaperer, wall-paperer | A worker who papers walls |
| wireman, wirer | A worker who installs and repairs electric wiring |
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
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| Spanish | especialista, trabajadora calificada, trabajadora cualificada, trabajador calificado, trabajador cualificado |
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| Catalan | especialista, treballadora qualificada, treballador qualificat |
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