workingman (redirected from workingmen)

work·ing·man  (wûrkng-mn)

n.

1. A man who works for wages.

2. A man who performs heavy manual or industrial labor.

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Noun

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workingman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor working man, working person, workman excavator - a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying blaster, chargeman - a workman employed to blast with explosives employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job fuller - a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living gas fitter - a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances guest worker, guestworker - a person with temporary permission to work in another country; "a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists" heaver - a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard) laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor lacer - a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding) lather - a workman who puts up laths Luddite - one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment factory worker, mill-hand - a workman in a mill or factory mover - workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano" bagger, packer, boxer - a workman employed to pack things into containers paster - a workman who pastes disinfestation officer, rat-catcher - a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin road mender, roadman - a workman who is employed to repair roads roundsman - a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) scratcher - a workman who uses a tool for scratching shearer - a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles sponger - a workman employed to collect sponges stamper - a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine) utility man - a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on warehouseman, warehouser - a workman who manages or works in a warehouse wetter - a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process