by trade

idiom

—used when indicating someone's job, especially a job that requires special training and skills and is done by using the hands

I am a carpenter/electrician/beautician by trade.

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Short of picking 19-year-olds Jacob Wright and Nico O’Reilly — who is not a holding midfielder by trade — there is only so much that can be done in the engine room. —

Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 The upheaval threw James Watson, a fisherman and seal hunter by trade, against a bunk, breaking at least two of his ribs. —

David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025 This is before factoring in the effects on the economy and any retaliatory actions by trade partners, including other countries and trade blocs like the EU. —

Dearbea Walker, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 Flashback: In Trump's previous term, authority for tariffs came from Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, allowing the president to target practices by trade partners that hurt U.S. businesses, and Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, on national security grounds. —

Neil Irwin, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for by trade