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• 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 .

• shopkeeper
• storekeeper
• market keeper

News & Articles

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• May Marks Another Month Of Decreased Bay State Foreclosures
  Bay State foreclosure activity dropped significantly again in May, with starts falling below 250 for the first time since the collapse of the real estate market eight years ago, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
  June 20, 2013 - Banker & Tradesman

Quotes

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• Michael Hagan in Sydney Morning Herald
  I think we've got a very good tradesman like pack of forwards that get through the work,Hagan said. "I think our backrow has some very good quality and good talent in there which for big games you're going to need."
• Sir Alex Ferguson in Belfast Telegraph
  I was a fully qualified tradesman and the incentives of going to Canada were obvious,Sir Alex Ferguson said. "There was a good trade there."