workman
noun
- person that undergoes industrial or manual labor for payment
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɝkmən/ / /ˈwɜːkmən/
name
- A surname.
- A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.
noun
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”).
- 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.”
- An artisan or craftsman.