Definition of Plasterer

1. Noun. A worker skilled in applying plaster.

Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Plaster

Definition of Plasterer

1. n. One who applies plaster or mortar.

Definition of Plasterer

1. Noun. A person whose occupation is to plaster walls. ¹

2. Noun. One who makes plaster casts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plasterer

1. one that plasters [n -S] - See also: plasters

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plasterer

plastein
plaster
plaster bandage
plaster cast
plaster casts
plaster of Paris
plaster of Paris disease
plaster over
plaster saint
plaster splint
plasterboard
plasterboarded
plasterboarding
plasterboards
plastered
plasterer
plasterer's float
plasterers
plastering
plastering trowel
plasterings
plasterless
plasterlike
plasterly
plasters
plasterwork
plasterworks
plastery
plastibase
plastic

Literary usage of Plasterer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rudiments of the Art of Building: In Five Sections by Edward Dobson (1854)
"The wages of a journeyman plasterer are from 4s. to 5s. a day; those engaged in modelling ... 6rf. to 3s. a day, and a plasterer's boy about Is. Lathing. ..."

2. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"CHAPTER XXVII.- Low Hills.—Black Soldier-Ants; their Cannibalism.—The Plasterer and its Chloroform.—White Ants; their Usefulness. ..."

3. The Builder's Pocket Companion: Containing the Elements of Building by A. C. Smeaton (1867)
"IN speaking of the work executed by the plasterer, we must refer to some of the ... The plasterer has also to execute all those decorative and ornamental ..."

4. Year Book of the Architectural League of New York, and Catalogue of the by Architectural League of New York (1893)
"JAMES DOWD Plasterer 406 West 55th Street ADAMANT THE PERFECTION OF WALL PLASTER DENSE HARD ELASTIC It stays where it is put. It does not crack. ..."

5. The Rudiments of Architecture and Building for the Use of Architects by John Bullock (1865)
"Rubbed edges, grooves, &c., are charged per lineal foot. Table of Sizes of Roofing Slates. Inch slab per superficial weighs 14 Ibs. Plasterer. ..."

6. Rudiments of the Art of Building: In Five Sections by Edward Dobson (1854)
"The wages of a journeyman plasterer are from 4s. to 5s. a day; those engaged in modelling ... 6rf. to 3s. a day, and a plasterer's boy about Is. Lathing. ..."

7. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"CHAPTER XXVII.- Low Hills.—Black Soldier-Ants; their Cannibalism.—The Plasterer and its Chloroform.—White Ants; their Usefulness. ..."

8. The Builder's Pocket Companion: Containing the Elements of Building by A. C. Smeaton (1867)
"IN speaking of the work executed by the plasterer, we must refer to some of the ... The plasterer has also to execute all those decorative and ornamental ..."

9. Year Book of the Architectural League of New York, and Catalogue of the by Architectural League of New York (1893)
"JAMES DOWD Plasterer 406 West 55th Street ADAMANT THE PERFECTION OF WALL PLASTER DENSE HARD ELASTIC It stays where it is put. It does not crack. ..."

10. The Rudiments of Architecture and Building for the Use of Architects by John Bullock (1865)
"Rubbed edges, grooves, &c., are charged per lineal foot. Table of Sizes of Roofing Slates. Inch slab per superficial weighs 14 Ibs. Plasterer. ..."

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