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workman

noun

work·​man ˈwərk-mən How to pronounce workman (audio)

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Tower Mayor David Setterburg did not respond to PEOPLE's multiple requests for comment about Suihkonen's potential future with the city or the allegation that the insurance company's decision to reject her workman's comp claim. Susan Young, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 While subsequent generations would analyze cinema as entirely psychological, Benjamin reminds us of the critical spatial conditions of the workman’s Kino and the public planetarium. Caroline A. Jones, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025 The brazen daytime heist at the museum last Sunday stunned France, when four men, dressed as workmen, broke in through an upper floor window using a ladder on a moving truck. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 26 Oct. 2025 The workmen complied, and Faulí got down and scuttled through the opening. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for workman

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of workman was before the 12th century

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“Workman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workman. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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workman

noun
work·​man ˈwərk-mən How to pronounce workman (audio)
1
2
: a skilled worker (as an electrician or carpenter)

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