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workfolk

workfolk noun: collectively, people who perform manual labour.

Noun

workfolk (usually uncountable, plural workfolks)

  1. (usually) Collectively, people who perform manual labour.
    • Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.1892, Thomas Hardy, chapter XLII, in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Volume 2, page 118
    Synonyms:
    workforce

Synonyms of workfolk

Forms of workfolk

pluralworkfolks

Origin of workfolk

From work + folk.

Questions about workfolk

What does workfolk mean?
Workfolk means collectively, people who perform manual labour.
What part of speech is workfolk?
Workfolk is a noun.
What is the plural of workfolk?
The plural of workfolk is workfolks.

Words near workfolk in the dictionary

  1. workfarers
  2. workfellow
  3. workfellows
  4. workflow
  5. workflows
  6. workfolk
  7. workfolks
  8. workforce
  9. workforces
  10. workfree
  11. workfront

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