draftsman C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈdræftsmən/ UK /ˈdrɑːftsmən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who draws plans or sketches, as for machinery or buildings The draftsman inked the bridge's elevation with painstaking care. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who draws plans or... draughtsmandrafterdesignerillustratordelineator Word family Derived forms draftsmanship Related forms draftdraughtsmandraftswoman Etymology AI details A compound of 'draft' (a drawing or sketch) + 'man'. 'Draft' is a phonetic respelling of 'draught', from Old English 'draht', related to 'dragan' ('to draw'). draht Old English mann Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # draftsman **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdræftsmən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdrɑːftsmən/ ## Meanings 1. a person who draws plans or sketches, as for machinery or buildings ## Examples - The draftsman inked the bridge's elevation with painstaking care. ## Synonyms - draughtsman - drafter - designer - illustrator - delineator ## Derived Forms - draftsmanship ## Related Forms - draft - draughtsman - draftswoman ## Roots and Affixes - Root: draht - Root: mann ## Etymology A compound of 'draft' (a drawing or sketch) + 'man'. 'Draft' is a phonetic respelling of 'draught', from Old English 'draht', related to 'dragan' ('to draw'). ## AI Etymology Draftsman is a compound of 'draft' (a drawing or sketch) + 'man'. 'Draft' is a phonetic respelling of 'draught', from Old English 'draht', related to 'dragan' ('to draw'). The ancestry passes through Old English draht and Old English mann. In present use as a noun, it means "a person who draws plans or sketches, as for machinery or buildings", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. As a compound, its meaning is assembled from the two visible parts rather than from an opaque borrowing. Related words include draft, draughtsman, and draftswoman; derived forms include draftsmanship. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown