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workman Definition

work·man (wʉrkmən)

noun pl. -·men-mən

  1. workingman
  2. a craftsman

workman Synonyms

workman

n.

workman Usage Examples

Possessives

  • hut: The workmen's huts are based on photographs of Victorian railways being constructed.
  • compensation: The Rule Books also contain appeals from other courts, mainly county court cases relating to workmen's compensation after 1897.
  • cottage: The Company have built and own 845 workmen's cottages.
  • wage: Can you expect to have harder duties done for about half a common workman's wages.
  • fare: The new line offered exceptionally cheap workmen's fares.
  • train: Even during its days as a passenger station it was only served by a couple of workmen's trains each day.

Converse of subject

discover: In 1858 a cave was discovered by workmen at Brixham.

Converse of object

  • employ: He was a workman employed by Father Smith, whose daughter he married in 1708.
  • engage: I stayed on the ground floor to take an interest in the efforts of two workmen engaged in repairing the said escalator.
  • kill: Worker Killed A workman was killed at a construction site.
  • watch: Then he can watch the workmen building his house.

Adjective modifier

  • bogus: He also asked the lady's normal gardener for a business card, which was handed over to the bogus workman.
  • deceitful: For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
  • skillful: This is performed by a skillful workman, who places himself opposite a gas-lamp, or where there is a great light.
  • skilled: Skilled workmen came from England to settle at the works.
  • fellow: Ward, a fellow workman, held him up to the fresh air supply for three hours, thus saving his life.
  • experienced: Origin Apprentices used to be expected to hold the candle so that more experienced workmen were able to see what they were doing.

Noun used with modifier

  • rogue: Police have released this CD fit in an attempt to trace two rogue workmen.
  • master: The rich publisher may treat the poor poet better or worse than the old master workman treated the old apprentice.
  • council: It was the council workmen who gave them the idea.