drafter
- noun
- /ˈdræftər/
- Specialized
- Compress designs and rerates vessels rigorously, considering wind, seismic, and external loads. Coster makes detailed material and labor estimates. Then Drafter automatically makes fabrication drawings.
Examples
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7. When we reach an oral understanding on a proposed agreement or a stipulation and decide to commit it to writing, the drafter will endeavor in good faith to state the oral understanding accurately and completely.
Academic text (1998) -
By day I'm an "Engineering Tech" for a civil engineering consultant firm, which is just a fancy way of saying AutoCAD drafter, and by night I'm an Android insomniac, always looking for the latest way to mess up my phone.
Blog text (5) -
The drafter will provide other counsel with the opportunity to review the writing.
Academic text (1998) -
We've been making that argument for a while now... unfortunately, the drafters of the legislation don't seem to have paid attention.
Blog text (9) -
It was explicitly excluded from the Argentinian Civil Code (together with enfiteusis rights and other rights that have an effect similar to the one long leases have on land) by its drafter, Dalmacio Velez Sarsfield.
Academic text (2016) -
As a skilled drafter, she creates precise blueprints for new buildings each day.
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The drafter submitted detailed plans for the new factory to the client for approval.
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After completing his training, he found a job as a drafter at a local architectural firm.
Synonyms
A person who plans how things will look and work, for example buildings or products
A person who draws detailed plans for buildings or machines
A person who makes detailed drawings of buildings or machines
A woman who draws detailed plans for buildings or machines
A person who makes accurate technical drawings for buildings or machines
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word drafter comes from draft, which originally meant 'a drawing', together with the ending -er meaning a person. So a drafter is someone who 'draws' the detailed plans or blueprints for buildings and machines.