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workman

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈwɝkmən/
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/ˈwɝkmən/ · /ˈwɜːkmən/

Definition of workman

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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. An artisan or craftsman.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

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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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