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.

Examples of by trade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 314 Action Fund, a progressive group that supports candidates with science backgrounds, has doled out $2.2 million on ads promoting Dexter (a pulmonologist by trade), more than the group spent in the entire 2022 election cycle across all races. —Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 May 2024

As both an avid reader and a writer by trade, this notebook and e-reader combo is practically made for me. —Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024

The 5th Circuit Court sided with arguments being made by trade groups representing payday lenders. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024

And then there was the singular Michael D. Cohen, lawyer by trade and enforcer by nature. —William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 12 May 2024

Fiona Harvey, a Scottish lawyer by trade, recently revealed her identity to The Daily Record in an article and now, she is set to sit down with the controversial British talking head on Thursday. —Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024

Or earmarked for an incoming younger star in free agency or by trade? —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024

My father is from Saint Louis, and there by way of Mississippi, a historian by trade. —J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024

Work donated by other volunteers has also impressed Gerber, an engineer by trade who designed Eden Village. —Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024