workpeople

[ wurk-pee-puhl ]
See synonyms for workpeople on Thesaurus.com
plural noun
  1. people employed at work or labor; workers; employees.

Origin of workpeople

1
First recorded in 1700–10; work + people

Words Nearby workpeople

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use workpeople in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for workpeople

workpeople

/ (ˈwɜːkˌpiːpəl) /


pl n
  1. the working members of a population, esp those employed in manual tasks

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012