Dictionary

workman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɝkmən/ (General-American)
• /ˈwɜːkmən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *werkamann- Proto-West Germanic *werkamann Old English weorcmann Middle English werkman English workman 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”).

Meanings

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. 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:
2. An artisan or craftsman.

Forms

Deriveds

workmanlike · workmanly · a bad workman always blames his tools · subworkman · bye-workman · underworkman · workmanship

Relateds

worker · workwoman

Translations (44)

ro muncitor (a man who labours for wages) · hi कामगार (a man who labours for wages) · ro lucrător (a man who labours for wages) · nl werkmens (a man who labours for wages) · hi मज़दूर (a man who labours for wages) · pl robotnik (a man who labours for wages) · sv arbetare (a man who labours for wages) · eo laboristo (a man who labours for wages) · ar شَغِّيل (a man who labours for wages) · vi thợ (a man who labours for wages) · th กรรมกร (a man who labours for wages) · ur مَزدُور (a man who labours for wages) · fr ouvrier (a man who labours for wages) · fa-ira فَعَلِه (a man who labours for wages) · is verkamaður (a man who labours for wages) · nl werkman (a man who labours for wages) · uk робітни́к (a man who labours for wages) · fa-ira کارْگَر (a man who labours for wages) · sv arbetskarl (a man who labours for wages) · enm werkman (a man who labours for wages) · mn ажилчин (a man who labours for wages) · ja 労働者 (a man who labours for wages) · da arbejdsmand (a man who labours for wages) · it lavoratore (a man who labours for wages) · la operārius (a man who labours for wages) · vi người thợ (a man who labours for wages) · th คนงาน (a man who labours for wages) · ko 노동자 (a man who labours for wages) · ru рабо́чий (a man who labours for wages) · cmn 工人 (a man who labours for wages) · grc ἐργάτης (a man who labours for wages) · ko 로동자 (a man who labours for wages) · bg рабо́тник (a man who labours for wages) · uk працівни́к (a man who labours for wages) · ru рабо́тник (a man who labours for wages) · be рабо́тнік (a man who labours for wages) · be працаўні́к (a man who labours for wages) · fi työmies (a man who labours for wages) · fa-ira عَمَلِه (a man who labours for wages) · be рабо́чы (a man who labours for wages) · de Arbeiter (a man who labours for wages) · ar عَامِل (a man who labours for wages) · txb kapyāre (a man who labours for wages) · km កម្មករ (a man who labours for wages)