work-master
work-master is the alternative form of workmaster.
Meaning of workmaster
Noun
workmaster (plural workmasters)
- Master workman; overseer; employer of workmen.
- […] Sathan the workmaster of all mischeef being greved that his own kingdome draweth to an end […] like a slie Serpent setteth snares and pitfalles innumerable, to intrap men and bring them to destruction by policie […]1571, Arthur Golding, “Epistle Dedicatorie”, in The Psalmes of David and others. With M. John Calvins Commentaries
- A skilled craftsman who owns a workshop.
- AUGUST Fredrik HOLLMING (1854- 1913), born in Finland, workmaster in St. Petersburg from 1880 until his death, with a workshop at 35 Kazanskaya Street; in 1900 he moved into Fabergé's new building.1989, Alexander Von Solodkoff, Christopher Forbes, Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, page 155
Forms of work-master
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- Work-master is the alternative form of workmaster.
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