What does "workingman" mean?

A man who works in exchange for payment, especially a labourer who does manual labour.

Workingman

Common synonyms include: workman, blue collar worker, blue-collar worker, breadwinner, casual, casual laborer.

noun

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Noun

1
A man who works in exchange for payment, especially a labourer who does manual labour.
"The workingman, through the invention of many time and labor saving devices, has been freed from much drudgery and now finds his day portionable into eight hours for rest, eight hours for work and eight hours for recreation."
2
a male employee who performs manual or industrial labor wordnet

"The workingman has taken an advanced place in the struggle for the democratization of industry."

From working + -man.

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