master-workman

He is a worker in brass, in iron, in wood, in earth, in roads, in buildings, in money and in troops, and a very consistent and wise master-workman.

Representative Men 2006

For, surely, the royal science is not like that of a master-workman, a science presiding over lifeless objects; — the king has a nobler function, which is the management and control of living beings.

The Statesman 2006

We see not the shield, but the divine master-workman employed upon it. (p. 38) An apostle of ekphrastic hope like Jean Hagstrum must, of course, dispute

Ekphrasis and the Other William John Thomas 1994

A rather superior old Moor in a white turban, perhaps the master-workman, is deftly cutting out rosettes.

In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory

If these be strong, he may dig, perhaps, as well as another man, but he can never make a good farmer; he may use the axe or the hammer to good purpose, but he can never become a master-workman.

The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler

Together these two powers qualify you for the master-workman.

A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Charles Stewart Given

The apprentice was usually selected as a boy by a master-workman and indentured -- that is, bound to work several years without wages, while living at the master's house.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

In 1848 he attained to the rank of master-workman and in 1856 passed the state examination as architect.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Langenstein's rule was equivalent to the doctrine that the compensation of the master-workman should be sufficient to furnish him a decent livelihood.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

He sees it all from the point of view of the master-workman, and sympathetically he applauds his success; his recognition of what has been accomplished is his pleasure.

The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life Carleton Eldredge Noyes 1911