steelworker

[steel-wur-ker]

noun

1. a person employed in the process of manufacturing steel and steel products.

Word History and Origins

Origin of steelworker¹

First recorded in 1880–85; steel + worker

Example Sentences

The Community Union, representing UK steelworkers, called the measures an "existential threat" to the industry.

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Greene worked as a draftsman, civil technologist, steelworker and rock-band crew member before starting his career in theatre in the UK in the 1970s.

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Being a steelworker was part of his identity.

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"There will be no layoffs and no outsourcing whatsoever, and every US steelworker will soon receive a well deserved $5,000 bonus," Trump told the crowd, filled with steelworkers, to raucous applause.

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"There will be no layoffs and no outsourcing whatsoever, and every US steel worker will soon receive a well deserved $5,000 bonus," Trump told the crowd, filled with steelworkers, to raucous applause.

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