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tentmaker

[ tent-mey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person who makes tents.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tentmaker1

First recorded in 1555–65; tent 1 + maker

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Example Sentences

And then he was a tentmaker who understood Greek and who could speak to the Greeks in their own language.

He persecutes the Christians with great vigor, a sport which he combines with the business of a tentmaker.

Ralph cast a look at Marry, unnoticed by any one else, as much as to say, "The old tentmaker voiced my sentiments."

Then he went to Corinth, where he stayed for some time preaching and working at his trade of tentmaker.

How untrue, after all, was the nebulous philosophy of Omar, the Tentmaker.

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