handworker

English

Etymology

hand +‎ worker

Noun

handworker (plural handworkers)

1. One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
   • 1915, The Boot and Shoe Industry in Massachusetts as a Vocation for Women:

     Among the handworkers in the shoe factories, the least skilled are those found in the sole-leather department, if there is one. Their work, described in Chapter III, requires little judgment and less dexterity […]

See also

person who works with their hands

• chirurgeon
• manual laborer