cabinetmaker

[ kab-uh-nit-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabinetmaker¹

First recorded in 1675–85; cabinet + maker

Example Sentences

My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars.

From The Daily Beast

Marchildon has been earning her living as a cabinetmaker since her modeling career was put on hold.

From The Daily Beast

But Marchildon, who has now given up modeling to become a cabinetmaker, recently decided to fight back in court.

From The Daily Beast

He's a cabinetmaker, Miss Bassett,—a producer of antiques, and a good one; and about the gentlest human being you ever saw.

From Project Gutenberg

The cabinetmaker must not make a great many tables, and few chairs; he must make some tables and more chairs.

From Project Gutenberg

The large front room on the ground floor, which we call the library, is now in the hands of the cabinetmaker.

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William Walker was a Stafford County cabinetmaker and builder, about whom we shall hear much more.

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Walker was a talented man who had started out as a cabinetmaker, a craft in which his brother Robert still continued.

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Related Words

• artisan
• builder
• laborer
• woodworker
• worker