different between ronin vs craftsman

English

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (????, r?nin), from Middle Chinese ? (lang "wave", by extension "adrift") + ? (nyin "person").

Noun

ronin (plural ronins or ronin)

1. A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).
2. (colloquial, in Japan) A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice: if the student does not wish to take the exam the following year or is unable to, the student becomes a ronin, assuming full responsibility for their own training and survival.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (r?nin).

Noun

ronin m (plural ronins or ronin)

1. (historical) ronin (masterless samurai)

English

Alternative forms

• craftman

Etymology

craft +? -s- +? -man

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr?fts-m?n

Noun

craftsman (plural craftsmen)

1. One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
   • 1874, The Quarterly Review (volume 137, page 388)

     Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 232d.

     And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
2. A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
3. A person who produces arts and crafts.

Coordinate terms

• craftswoman

Hypernyms

• artisan
• (rare) craftsperson

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