tradesfolk

English

Etymology

trade +‎ -s- +‎ folk

Noun

tradesfolk pl (plural only)

1. People employed in trade; tradesmen and tradeswomen.

   Synonym: tradesfolks

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     Small trades-folk, male and female shopwalkers, better class artisans, lower middle-class women worn with household cares, occasional young folk in search of a sensation - these were the impressions which the audience conveyed to the trained observation of Malone.

   • c. 1724, Jonathan Swift, The Drapier Demolished:

     Victuallers , Vintners , and Tradesfolk would soon get all the Money of the Kingdom into their own Hands