workman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   an employee who performs manual or industrial labor

3. 3
   noun

   An artisan or craftsman.

4. 4
   name

   A surname.

5. 5
   name

   A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

Etymology

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”).