tradespeople

plural noun

trades·​peo·​ple ˈtrādz-ˌpē-pəl How to pronounce tradespeople (audio)
: people engaged in trade

Examples of tradespeople in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web No muss, no fuss—and no need to cultivate a contact list of tradespeople. Mark David, Robb Report, 13 June 2024 Construction itself will drive more than 6 million hours of work for a wide swath of tradespeople. Thomas Quinn, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024 Twenty-one students from the Bronx Design and Construction Academy, a vocational school in the South Bronx, rode the Metro-North Railroad to Grand Central to meet with some of the tradespeople that work on the 111-year-old building. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024 That classification commands higher wages for tradespeople, including almost $13 more per hour in base wages for electricians and roughly $16 per hour more for plumbers. Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 28 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for tradespeople 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1652, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tradespeople was circa 1652

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“Tradespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tradespeople. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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tradespeople

plural noun
trades·​peo·​ple -ˌpē-pəl How to pronounce tradespeople (audio)
: people engaged in trade

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