workpeople

American  

[wurk-pee-puhl] / ˈwɜrkˌpi pəl /

plural noun

1. people employed at work or labor; workers; employees.

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workpeople British  

/ ˈwɜːkˌpiːpəl /

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of workpeople

First recorded in 1700–10; work + people

Example Sentences

Droning the same long story at her about faceless workpeople is very different from brisk storytelling about colleagues she knows.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

I worked in Mexico for almost a decade, and … one of the things that happened was I’d gotten to know a lot of local workpeople who assisted with excavations, many from low-income rural communities.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2013

A year ago 9.9% of Great Britain's registered workpeople were unemployed; but the figure crept up to 11.8 last November, and to 12.2 as a bleak New Year came.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Paris, drowsy tourists and blowsy workpeople heard a hum and saw the Graf Zeppelin in the morning sky.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of his workpeople had struck for increased wages.

From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills