TRADESMAN

[noun] [C] [plural] -men - a man who buys and sells goods, esp. someone who owns a shopLocal tradesmen have objected to the plans to build a big new shopping centre on the edge of the town.(UK, often humorous) The tradesmen's entrance is the side or back door of a house, as used, esp. in the past, by people delivering goods to large private houses, who were not allowed to use the door at the front of the house.I've forgotten my front-door key, so we'll have to use the tradesmen's entrance.