steelworker

noun

steel·​work·​er ˈstēl-ˌwər-kər 

: a person who works in steel and especially in the manufacturing of it

Examples of steelworker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In an interview with The Washington Post, Gloria Shanahan, the mother of victim Michael Shanahan, said her son was a union steelworker who took up skydiving more than 10 years ago after his sister died of breast cancer. —Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

His father was a steelworker and his mother a live-in domestic who saw Michals and his brother only on weekends. —News Desk, Artforum, 12 June 2026

My ambivalence comes from my own union experiences as a young, long-ago steelworker; as a middle-aged adjunct faculty member; and briefly, in my — gasp — old age, as a retail worker. —John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026

From steelworkers to autoworkers to teachers, organized labor understood that Social Security was necessary but not sufficient. —Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for steelworker

• caseworker
• coworker
• farmworker
• woodworker
• worker