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workingmen

workingmen is the plural of workingman.

Meaning of workingman

Noun

workingman (plural workingmen)

  1. A man who works in exchange for payment, especially a labourer who does manual labour.
    • The workingman, through the invention of many time and labor saving devices, has been freed from much drudgery and now finds his day portionable into eight hours for rest, eight hours for work and eight hours for recreation.1917, New Catholic World, volume 105, page 725

Questions about workingmen

What is workingmen the plural of?
Workingmen is the plural of workingman.

Words near workingmen in the dictionary

  1. working-storage sections
  2. workingly
  3. workingman
  4. workingman's hotel
  5. workingman's hotels
  6. workingmen
  7. workingmen's hotel
  8. workingmen's hotels
  9. workings
  10. Workington
  11. workingwoman

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