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Definition: Draughtsman |
DraughtsmanNoun1. A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "draughtsman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1826. (references) |
Synonyms: DraughtsmanSynonyms: draftsman (n), draftsperson (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artist | Noun: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Draughtsman |
| English words defined with "draughtsman": Draughtsmanship, Draughtsmen, Drawing paper. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sketch of John Ross Key by James McNeill Whistler Sketched in the Coast Survey office in 1854 Key was a nephew of Francis Scott Key He was a draughtsman in the office at the time of the drawing. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Draughtsman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.44% of the time. "Draughtsman" is used about 108 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.44% | 102 | 32,309 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.56% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 108 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
draughtsman | 10 |
curtain draughtsman wall | 3 |
draughtsman steel x | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "draughtsman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | desinjator (draftsman, drawer), vizatues (designer, draftsman), skicograf (draftsman, drawer), sekretar (actuary, amanuensis, clerk, draftsman, receptionist, scribe, secretary), piktor (draftsman, painter), përpilues dokumentesh (draftsman), gur dame (draftsman), grafist (draftsman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المصمم (designer, draftsman, planner), المخطط (draftsman, planner, schemer), الرسام (draftsman, painter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съставител на законопроект (draftsman), художник (artist, craftsman, draftsman, limner, painter), чертожник (drafter, draftsman, drawer), пул на играта за дама. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 起草人 (Draughtsmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | návrhář (designer, draftsman), kresliè (draftsman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dessigner (designer, draftsman, drawer, stylist), teknisk tegner, Teknisk sekretær, tegner (allottee, designer, draftsman, drawer, share allottee, stylist, subscriber), mønstertegner (designer, draftsman, drawer, stylist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Tekenaar, technisch tekenaar (designer), bouwkundig tekenaar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | piirtäjä (designer, drawer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Dessinateur (draftsman, drawer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zeichner (artist, designer, draftsman, draftsmen, drawer, drawers, subscriber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχεδιαστήσ (designer, draftsman, framer, modeler, planner, projector, schemer, sketcher, stylist), σχεδιαστής υφάσματος (designer, draftsman, drawer, stylist), σχεδιαστής αρχιτεκτονικού σχεδίου, βιομηχανικός σχεδιαστής, Σχεδιαστής. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משרטט (draftsman), שרטט (draftsman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogalmazó (drafter, draftsman, draftsmen, drawer, drawer up), műszaki rajzoló (draftsman, draftsmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Disegnatore (designer, draftsman, drawer, sketcher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기초자 (Draughtsmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | linneyder (drawer, liner), fer tawlish beg, draghteyr (drafter), babban tawlish. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aughtsmandray desenhista (designer, draftsman), desenhador industrial, desenhador da construção civil, Desenhador (tracer), projetista (devisor, draftsman), estilista (stylist). (various references) desenator tehnic, proiectant (designer, draftsman, mill wright, planner, schemer), piesã la jocul de dame, modelator. (various references) рисовальщик (draftsman, drawer), чертежник (designer, draftsman, drawer). (various references) figura u igri dama, crtač (draftsman, drawer). (various references) dibujante (cartoonist, draftsman), Delineante (designer, draftsman). (various references) damspelsbricka (draft, draught), tecknare (designer, drawer, subscriber), ritare (drawer). (various references) dama taşı, teknik ressam (drafter, draftsman, tracer), tasarımcı (designer, drafter, draftsman, planner). (various references) grafik (r). (various references) складач (compositor, draftsman, typesetter), рисувальник (draftsman), кресляр (designer, draftsman, planner, protractor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-h-m-n-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: guardants, guardsman, hamstrung. | |
-3 letters: draughts, grandams, grandmas, guardant, mahuangs, tamandus, tangrams, trangams, trashman. | |
-4 letters: antrums, darshan, daturas, dharmas, dharnas, dhurnas, draught, durmast, dustman, dustrag, gardant, grahams, grandam, grandma, hangars, mahuang, mansard, mantras, mantuas, marauds, mustang, mustard, naughts, rhamnus, smaragd, tamandu, tangram, trangam, traumas, tundras, unsmart. | |
-5 letters: aghast, antrum, arhats, asarum, ashman, ashram, asthma, atmans. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 75 67 68 74 73 6D 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .-. .- ..- --. .... - ... -- .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01110101 01100111 01101000 01110100 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a u g h t s m a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 0075 0067 0068 0074 0073 006D 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3884678773748685796780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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