Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who practices a manual trade.
- noun A woman who is a merchant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who trades or is skilled in trade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
female skilled manual worker
Etymologies
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Examples
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On her arrival in Massachusetts five weeks later, Hulton got a clearer view of political life there, which presumably deflated her ideas of becoming a tradeswoman.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2009
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But his parents gave the governor a rich present, so he fastened on the son of the tradeswoman, Panteleyeva.
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But before beginning our ascent, we must first buy lanterns from an old tradeswoman called Madame Tres-Propre, whose regular customers we are.
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If, as too often happened, alas! the sales had been less, the poor apologetic tradeswoman had to suffer for it.
Mrs. Day's Daughters Mary E. Mann
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She was a wealthy tradeswoman, of about thirty years of age.
Chapter XXXVI 1909
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Close to the sofa, in an arm-chair, sat Petrovna, a Tula tradeswoman who dealt in fire-arms, dressed in her military jacket, and spinning thread, and at intervals tapping her reel against the wall, in which she had already knocked a hole.
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Blonde Lady, how useful it will be for me to shunt him on to the track of the honest tradeswoman! '
The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective Maurice Leblanc 1902
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Crozon, made her take the name of Mme. de Réal, which is the same -- or nearly -- as that of an honest tradeswoman whose hair is golden and her features pale.
The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective Maurice Leblanc 1902
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Madam de Menthon took an opportunity to say to one of these gentlemen, that Madam de Warrens was a prude, that she dressed ill, and particularly that she covered her neck like a tradeswoman.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896
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Walking one morning pretty early in the 'Contra nova', I saw a young tradeswoman behind a counter, whose looks were so charmingly attractive, that, notwithstanding my timidity with the ladies, I entered the shop without hesitation, offered my services as usual: and had the happiness to have it accepted.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896
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