tradesperson

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a skilled manual worker in a particular trade or craft

   A qualified tradesperson repaired the damaged stonework.

2. 2
   noun

   especially historical or British: a person engaged in retail trade, such as a shopkeeper

   Each tradesperson along the high street displayed goods outside the shop.

A compound of trade + a linking -s- + person. It developed as a gender-neutral counterpart to tradesman and can denote either a skilled craft worker or, especially in older British use, a shopkeeper or other person engaged in trade.

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