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workman

Syllables: work·manUK/ˈwɜːkmən//ˈwɝkmən/

workman noun: a man who labours for wages.

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Workman

Workman

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

workman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

workman in Hindi

a man who labours for wages
मज़दूर mazdūr, कामगार kāmgār

workman in Tamil

பணியாள்

workman in Urdu

a man who labours for wages
مَزدُور mazdūr

workman in Bengali

মজুর, কারিগর
More languagesFewer languages
workman in Malayalam
തൊഴിലാളി, പണിക്കാരൻ
workman in Kannada
ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ, ನುರಿತ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ, ರೋಜುಗಾರ
workman in Arabic
عَامِل ʕāmil, شَغِّيل šaḡḡīl
workman in Thai
กรรมกร gam-má-gɔɔn, คนงาน kon-ngaan
workman in Vietnamese
thợ, người thợ

Examples of workman in a sentence

  • Workmen were coming and going at all hours of the night.
  • The workman hung a light from a crossbeam between the main joists.
  • The workmen plastered the wall with pictures.

All 29 example sentences with workman

Forms of workman

pluralworkmen

Plural of workman: workmen

Origin of workman

From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).

Words formed from workman

Questions about workman

What does workman mean?
Workman means a man who labours for wages.
What is workman in Hindi?
Workman in Hindi is मज़दूर (mazdūr), कामगार (kāmgār). See Workman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is workman?
Workman can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce workman?
Workman is pronounced /ˈwɝkmən/ (US).
What is the plural of workman?
The plural of workman is workmen.

Words near workman in the dictionary

  1. worklog
  2. worklogs
  3. workloom
  4. worklooms
  5. workly
  6. workman
  7. workman's comp
  8. workman's compensation
  9. workmanlike
  10. workmanlikeness
  11. workmanliness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: workman (page history and authors); Workman (page history and authors); workman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); workman (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); workman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); workman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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