workman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A man who does physical or manual work for pay.

   A team of workmen spent the week repairing the roof.

2. 2
   noun

   A skilled craftsman or worker.

   The cabinet was clearly the work of a fine 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”).

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