handworker

English

Etymology

hand +‎ worker

Noun

handworker (plural handworkers)

  1. One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
    • 1915, The Boot and Shoe Industry in Massachusetts as a Vocation for Women:
      Among the handworkers in the shoe factories, the least skilled are those found in the sole-leather department, if there is one. Their work, described in Chapter III, requires little judgment and less dexterity […]

See also
person who works with their hands
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