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  • noun Alternative spelling of draftswoman.

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Examples

  • What have been less well known until now, however, are her skills as a draughtswoman and fashion designer? specifically, as a creator of superhero outfits.

    Margaret Atwood creates superhero outfits for Twitter avatars Esther Addley 2010

  • The ingenious draughtswoman states the drawing to have been taken during a recent tour; and our readers will allow it to be _fair sketch_.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828 Various

  • Her next step should be to obtain a place as draughtswoman or general assistant in an architect's office.

    The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Marjory MacMurchy Willison

  • The San Reve, like Mrs. Warmdollar, worked in a department, being a draughtswoman in the Treasury Building, and attached to the staff of the supervising architect.

    The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

  • He died, and I came to Ottawa as a draughtswoman for the young engineer, Balue.

    The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

  • At all events it is the work of some one who could draw, and only a draughtsman or draughtswoman could have worked it.

    Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877

  • Thus, for example, she was exquisite in the use of the needle, and so ready and ingenious a draughtswoman, that, like the ancient Mexicans, she sometimes made a hasty sketch with her pencil the means of conveying her ideas, either by direct or emblematical representation.

    Peveril of the Peak 1822

  • Thus, for example, she was exquisite in the use of the needle, and so ready and ingenious a draughtswoman, that, like the ancient Mexicans, she sometimes made a hasty sketch with her pencil the means of conveying her ideas, either by direct or emblematical representation.

    Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801

  • What has been less well known until now, however, are her skills as a draughtswoman and fashion designer - specifically, as a creator of superhero outfits.

    The Guardian World News 2010

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