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craftsmaster arch.|ˈkrɑːftsmɑːstə(r), ˈkræfts-, -mæstə(r)|
Forms: α. 6 craftes, crafts maister, craftes-, craftsmaister, 6–7 craftes, crafts master, crafts-master, -maister, craftesmaster, 6–9 craftsmaster; β. 6 craftmaister.
[Orig. two words craftes master in syntactical construction.]
1. One who is master of his craft; usually transf. one skilled or proficient in a (specified) practice or occupation, an adept.
†a. orig. With possessive: his (etc.) craft's master: i.e. master of his (etc.) craft. Obs.
1513Sir T. More Rich. III, Wks. 52 1 Suttell folkes, and such as were their crafte maisters in the handlyng of suche wicked deuises. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. ii. 297 Hee is not his Crafts-master, hee doth not doe it right. 1600Holland Livy vi. xxxvi. 242 Sextius and Licinius..being their own craftsmasters knew..how to manage. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 255 He was already his Crafts-master in War. 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. i. (1709) 32 Those who were not brought up to it, seldom prove their Crafts-master.
b. without possessive, as single word.
1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices (1556) 115 Of arts none can perfitelie judge, but the craftsmaster. 1607Topsell Serpents (1608) 638 A Bee is..the only crafts-master of hony⁓making. 1675J. Smith Chr. Relig. Appeal ii. 4 [Satan] the Craftsmaster of our Errour. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. iii. 584, I am a Craftsmaster; I have no equal in this city; but no one is shaved at my shop because I am a poor man.
†2. A master of craft (in the bad sense); a person of consummate craftiness or cunning. Obs.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. To Rdr. 5 The craftmaisters of the Court sought..to bury the undeserved bludshed of the giltles, in the untrue slaunder of the holy Martirs. a1734North Exam. i. ii. §160 And was not the Earl a Craftsmaster to set his Jackall to get a Sum of Money if he could. |