A draughtsman or draftsman (the former more often in the UK, the latter more often in the US), also known as a draughtsperson or draftsperson is a person skilled in drawing, either:
drawing for artistic purposes, or
technical drawing for practical purposes such as architecture or engineering.
A draftsman, spelt the same way in both British and American English, is also an individual who drafts (i.e. draws up) documents, especially for official purposes.
A man whom was a draughtsman was Samuel de Champlain.
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