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Workman

//ˈwɝkmən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A man who labours for wages.

    "He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848."

  2. 2
    a male employee who performs manual or industrial labor wordnet
  3. 3
    An artisan or craftsman.

Etymology

From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).

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