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woolworker

woolworker noun: a person who works with wool.

Noun

woolworker (plural woolworkers)

  1. A person who works with wool.
    • In Bradford, England, during 1870s, as there was a search to explain the mysterious deaths of woolworkers, the newspapers speculated that it might be bubonic plague.2014, Richard M. Swiderski, Anthrax: A History, page 82

Forms of woolworker

pluralwoolworkers

Origin of woolworker

From wool + worker.

Questions about woolworker

What does woolworker mean?
Woolworker means a person who works with wool.
What part of speech is woolworker?
Woolworker is a noun.
What is the plural of woolworker?
The plural of woolworker is woolworkers.

Words near woolworker in the dictionary

  1. woolwinder
  2. woolwinders
  3. Woolwine
  4. Woolwines
  5. woolwork
  6. woolworker
  7. woolworkers
  8. woolworking
  9. woolworks
  10. Woolworth gun
  11. Woolworth guns

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