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work·ing·man
(wûr′kĭng-măn′)n.
1. A man who works for wages.
2. A man who performs heavy manual or industrial labor.
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workingman
(ˈwɜːkɪŋˌmæn)n, pl -men
a man who performs manual labour
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work•ing•man
(ˈwɜr kɪŋˌmæn)n., pl. -men.
a man of the working class; a man, whether skilled or unskilled, who earns his living at some manual or industrial work.
[1630–40]
usage: See -man.
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| Noun | 1. |  workingman - an employee who performs manual or industrial laborexcavator - a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job fuller - a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living gas fitter - a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances guest worker, guestworker - a person with temporary permission to work in another country; "a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists" heaver - a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard) laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor lacer - a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding) lather - a workman who puts up laths Luddite - one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment factory worker, mill-hand - a workman in a mill or factory mover - workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano" paster - a workman who pastes disinfestation officer, rat-catcher - a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin road mender, roadman - a workman who is employed to repair roads roundsman - a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) scratcher - a workman who uses a tool for scratching shearer - a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles sponger - a workman employed to collect sponges stamper - a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine) utility man - a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on warehouseman, warehouser - a workman who manages or works in a warehouse wetter - a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process |
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workingman
nounOne who labors:
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