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vakvrouw

Definitions of vakvrouw
  1. noun
    a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
    synonyms: vakman
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    type of:
    beroepskracht, professional
    a person engaged in one of the learned professions
  2. noun
    a worker who has acquired special skills
    synonyms: vakman
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    examples:
    caesar
    conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    tompoes
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    types:
    aviateur, aëronaut, ballonvaarder, luchtvaarder, piloot, vliegenier, vlieger
    someone who operates an aircraft
    bakker
    someone who bakes bread or cake
    ballonvaarder
    someone who flies a balloon
    beenhouwer, slachter, slager
    a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    kalligraaf, schoonschrijver
    someone skilled in penmanship
    cuisinier, keukenmeid, keukenprinses, kok, kokkin
    someone who cooks food
    ambachtsman, bakkersknecht, handwerksman
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    bemanningslid, opvarende, schepeling
    a member of a flight crew
    mondhygiënist, mondhygiëniste
    someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)
    opsteller, tekenaar
    a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
    hoofdredacteur, red., redacteur, redactrice
    a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
    elektricien, elektromonteur
    a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
    plaatgraveur
    a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
    visser, vissersvrouw
    someone whose occupation is catching fish
    opsteller
    someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
    jachtmeester, jachtpaard, jager, jagermeester, opjager
    someone who hunts game
    sasmeester, sluismeester, sluiswachter
    a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
    ketellapper, mecanicien, monteur, onderhoudsman, reparateur, sleutelaar, technieker, versteller
    a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
    begrafenisondernemer, lijkbezorger, uitvaartleider
    one whose business is the management of funerals
    olieboer
    a worker who produces or sells petroleum
    brillenmaker, opticien
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
    pleisteraar, pleisterwerker, raper, stucwerker, stukadoor
    a worker skilled in applying plaster
    drukker, printer, typograaf
    someone whose occupation is printing
    cameraman, filmoperateur, operateur
    the person who operates the projector in a movie house
    restaurateur
    a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
    krijgslieden, krijgsman, krijgsvolk, militair, soldatenvolk
    someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
    bonthandelaar
    a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
    metaalarbeider, metaalbewerker, smid
    someone who works at something specified
    afstemeenheid, afstemmer, intoneur, pianostemmer, stemmer, tuner
    someone who tunes pianos
    hengelaar
    a fisherman who uses a hook and line
    artillerist, boordschutter, kanonnier, konstabel, schutterskoning
    a serviceman in the artillery
    aviateur
    a woman aviator
    stadsbode
    an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
    estheticienne, esthéticienne, schoonheidsspecialiste, visagist
    someone who works in a beauty parlor
    klokkengieter, klokkenmaker
    a person who casts metal bells
    matroos
    a serviceman in the navy
    metselaar, metser
    a craftsman skilled in building with bricks
    apparatsjik, bureaucraat, dienstklopper
    an official of a bureaucracy
    censor
    a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
    landsdienaar, rijksambtenaar
    a public official who is a member of the civil service
    klokkengieter, klokkenmaker
    someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
    boswachter, commando, houtvester, stoottroep, stoottroepen
    a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
    drukker, drukknoop, letterzetmachine, letterzetter, machinezetter, typograaf, zetmachine, zetter
    one who sets written material into type
    chef-kok, cuisinier, kok, kokkin, meesterkok
    a professional cook
    kuiper
    a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
    koperslager, kopersmid
    someone who makes articles from copper
    bureauredacteur
    an editor who prepares text for publication
    tandheelkundige, tandtechnicus
    someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures)
    graveur, plaatsnijder, stempelsnijder
    someone who makes dies
    diplomaat, politicus, strateeg, tacticus
    an official engaged in international negotiations
    dienstplichtige, milicien
    someone who is drafted into military service
    stalmeester
    an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
    valkenier
    a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
    brandpiket
    an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires
    falsaris
    someone who operates a forge
    glasblazer
    someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass
    glazenmaker, polijststeen
    someone who cuts flat glass to size
    kater
    an official who remains in office after his term
    titularis
    the official who holds an office
    Justitia, kantonrechter, politierechter, rechter, richter
    a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
    koudslachter, vilder
    someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
    lapidarium
    a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
    slotenmaker
    someone who makes or repairs locks
    machinevoerder, machinist, mecanicien, mechanicus, treinbestuurder, werktuigkundige
    a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
    marinier
    a member of the United States Marine Corps
    varensman, zeebonk, zeeman, zeerob, zeerot, zeevaarder
    a man who serves as a sailor
    steenhouwer
    a craftsman who works with stone or brick
    officier
    any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
    freesbank, freesmachine, molenaar, molenaarster, mulder
    someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
    non-combattant
    a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
    notaris, notarius
    someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
    behanger
    one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
    loods, piloot, vliegenier, vlieger
    someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
    looddekker, loodgieter, waterfitter
    a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
    prijsvechter
    someone who hunts for food (not for sport)
    pottenbakker
    a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
    kaper
    an officer or crew member of a privateer
    corrector
    someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
    arts-assistent, assistent-arts, griffier
    someone responsible for keeping records
    regelaar, regulateur
    an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
    mecanicien, monteur, onderhoudsman, reparateur, technieker
    a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
    bedankbrief, dakdekker, dekker, looddekker
    a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs
    decorateur
    a painter of theatrical scenery
    letterschilder
    someone who paints signs and billboards etc.
    leerbewerker, leerlooier, leertouwer, looier
    a craftsman who tans skins and hides
    kasbediende, lokettist
    an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
    blikslager
    someone who makes or repairs tinware
    gemeentesecretaris, secretaris
    the official who keeps a town's records
    pelsjager, trapper
    someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
    meubelstoffeerder, stoffeerder
    a craftsman who upholsters furniture
    paranimf, portier
    an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
    old-timer, oldtimer, oorlogsveteraan, oud-strijder, oudgediende, veteraan
    a person who has served in the armed forces
    volontair, vrijwilliger
    (military) a person who freely enlists for service
    waterrat, waterrot
    a person who enjoys being in or on the water
    weefster, wever
    a craftsman who weaves cloth
    lasapparaat, lasser
    joins pieces of metal by welding them together
    etaleur, etaleur-decorateur
    someone who decorates shop windows
    houtbewerker
    makes things out of wood
    type of:
    arbeider, arbeidskracht, kracht, loontrekker, tewerkgestelde, werkkracht, werkmier, werknemer
    a person who works at a specific occupation
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