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.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who draws plans or... draughtsmandrafterdesignerillustratordelineator

Word family

Derived forms draftsmanship

Related forms draftdraughtsmandraftswoman

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').

draht Old English mann Old English

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# 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

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