patternmaker

Noun

1. Someone whose occupation is to make patterns, which are used as a guide in the manufacture of something else.
   • One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice...

   Hypernyms: maker tradesman tradesperson worker person

   Coordinate Terms: diemaker toolmaker mouldmaker modelmaker

   1. A tradesperson who makes wooden patterns from which sand molds for sand casting are made.

   2. Someone who makes other kinds of patterns, such dress patterns.

      Hypernyms: maker worker person