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
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