tradesman
- n a merchant who owns or manages a shop
- Some 500 years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, a Viking warrior or Norse tradesman, equipped with his sword, shield and ax, took ship with his companions, set sail .
- A "skilled tradesman" may be required to change a fuse in an assembly-line machine, a task that an assembly worker could easily be trained to perform.
- A few students of presidential esoterica have had sympathy for the ideas of this jolly tradesman, who through skill and nerve climbed higher in the power circle than any other .