master craftsman

collocation in English

meaningsofmasterandcraftsman

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master
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɑː.stər/us
/ˈmæs.tɚ/
the person who owns, cares for, and controls ...
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craftsman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkrɑːfts.mən/us
/ˈkræfts.mən/
a person who is skilled in a ...
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(Definition ofmasterandcraftsmanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The last movement is sheer ecstatic joy: the double subject treatment shows the hand of amastercraftsman.
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He held it in common with his audience, and used it in his operas with the skill of amastercraftsman.
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The widow of amastercraftsmanwas permitted to manage his shop provided that she did not remarry.
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Slightly more speculative was amastercraftsmanwho might contract for his trade tasks, to supply materials and their transport, and also to subcontract with other trades for their output.
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Stéphane, by contrast, is the aloof and emotionally disengaged technical wizard, themastercraftsman able immediately to pinpoint any mechanical problem and solve it.
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The 'master housewife' model became popular in the 1920s: the ideal housewife would be trained, as a guild trained amastercraftsman, before training her own 'apprentices'.
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In a sense the clinical pathologist is the architect and the medical laboratory technician themastercraftsman.
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As a jurist and an exponent of legal principles he showed himself a greatmastercraftsman.
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He was a prolific designer and probably the most notedmastercraftsmanof the period.
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He played with all the time in the world and the decisive quality of amastercraftsmanat work.
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The former is clearly a king and the latter clearly amastercraftsman.
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He left a legacy as amastercraftsman, tuner and fabricator and was one of the pioneering personalities of superbike racing.
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He gained recognition as a textile designer andmastercraftsmanin textile block making and printing.
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How he goes about his business is akin to amastercraftsmanapplying his trade.
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Historically (prior to the 20th century) the relationship between amastercraftsmanand his apprentice was paternalistic.
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An aspiring master would have to pass through the career chain from apprentice to journeyman before he could be elected to become amastercraftsman.
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He is amastercraftsmanand skilled machinist.
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Daedalus was a skillful architect, inventor, andmastercraftsman.
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Adolescents were apprenticed to amastercraftsman, and refined their skills over a period of years in exchange for low wages.
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