noun
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a man who is employed in manual labour or who works an industrial machine
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a craftsman of skill as specified
a bad workman
Gender
See -man.
Other Word Forms
- subworkman noun
- underworkman noun
Etymology
Origin of workman
before 900; Middle English werkman, Old English weorcman. See work, man
Example Sentences
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He occasionally overburdens the reader with minutiae of political and organizational rivalries and is more workman than stylist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Navy workman jackets appeared in the lockers of Chargers players.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
Among the theories for the cause of the fire are a cigarette left by a workman, or an electrical fault.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
No confirmed deaths have been reported from any of the recent eruptions, but a workman was declared missing after falling into a fissure opened by the volcano.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2024
Pocketa-pocketa-pocketa— Now il beasto joins in: Arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf— Pocketa-pocketa— It is a workman.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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