ˈtradespeople
[f. trade's, gen. of trade + people.]
People engaged in trade; tradesmen, and their families and employees; shopkeepers.
| 1728 Vanbrugh & Cib. Prov. Husb. v. ii, Those Trades⁓people are the troublesomest Creatures! no Words will satisfy them! 1729 Fenton in Waller's Wks., Observ. 60/2 No trades-people would trust her for any thing. a 1862 Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 579 The middle class of trades⁓people were ignorant and poor. |