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- [wurk-muh n]
- /ˈwɜrk mən/
- /ˈwɜːk.mən/
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- [wurk-muh n]
- /ˈwɜrk mən/
Definitions of workman word
- noun plural workman a man employed or skilled in some form of manual, mechanical, or industrial work. 1
- noun plural workman a male worker. 1
- noun workman A man employed to do manual labor. 1
- noun workman labourer 1
- countable noun workman A workman is a man who works with his hands, for example building or repairing houses or roads. 0
- noun workman a man who is employed in manual labour or who works an industrial machine 0
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Origin of workman
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English werkman, Old English weorcman. See work, man1
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Parts of speech for Workman
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
workman popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for workman
noun workman
- laborer — a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training: a laborer in the field.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- drudge — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- farmhand — a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.
- grunt — to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
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