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Meanings of workman in English

Portuguese
trabalhador
Catalan
contractat
Spanish
obrero

An employee who performs manual or industrial labor.

trabalhador

Person that undergoes industrial or manual labor for payment.

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Examples for "workwoman"
1
A woman can be nothing but a simple workwoman or an actress.
The Wife, and Other Stories
2
Everybody laughed, and the merriment still contributed to discountenance the workwoman.
A Mummer's Wife
3
An untidy workwoman took their order and left them standing at the door.
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories
4
She was a strong full-blooded, perfectly developed, workwoman, matured in body and mind.
The Calling of Dan Matthews
5
She, too, had the smile of good-fellowship-coinfreely passed from workwoman to workwoman.
The Woman Who Toils / Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen a...
Usage of workman in English
1
He is the benefactor of the workman; a blessing to the people.
Essays on Political Economy
2
The thing done, the master workman in Ford snatched at the helm.
Empire Builders
3
The rest of the workman is the daily repairing of the machine.
The Conquest of Bread
4
The rich man lives in plenty, while the workman weeps in famine.
System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Miser...
5
He was dressed in a workman's jumpsuit and carried a tool case.
Silent screams
6
Sorry to see that you've had the British workman in the house.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Ho...
7
And the honest workman signaled to the conductor to stop the horses.
Romance of the Rabbit
8
In short, the two combatants, the workman and the gentleman, between them-
News from Nowhere; Or, An Epoch of Rest / Being Some Chapters fr...
9
The object of the screen is to protect the workman against draughts.
On Laboratory Arts
10
The workman lifts his cap and respectfully salutes his fellow-workman in passing.
Thrift
11
The first workman said he had no economic grievance; his was political.
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia
12
I will be a workman; I will dig the earth, if necessary.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
13
Next, let me explain that I am a humble workman by trade.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
14
Any workman in the school of Namby-Pamby could have kept their purity.
My Contemporaries In Fiction
15
A workman should know his tools, and not use them to breaking.
Knife of dreams
16
The implements again must be suited to the workman who handles it.
Farm drainage / The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draini...
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Translations for workman
Spanish
obrero
Workman through the time
Workman across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common