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werkeman

werkeman is the obsolete spelling of workman.

Meaning of workman

Noun

workman (plural workmen)

  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.

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Questions about werkeman

What is werkeman the obsolete spelling of?
Werkeman is the obsolete spelling of workman.

Words near werkeman in the dictionary

  1. wergylds
  2. Werito
  3. werk
  4. werke
  5. werked
  6. werkeman
  7. werkes
  8. Werkheiser
  9. Werkheisers
  10. werks
  11. Werle

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