workfolk

variants or workfolks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for workfolk
Noun
  • This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.
    David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.
    Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
Noun
  • That's why the new trade agreements announced by the Trump administration this week are such a big deal for farmers and ranchers.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • In doing so, his aim is to bridge the gap between cocoa farmers and customers, working directly with producers to make a genuine impact in their communities.
    Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • That line did yeoman’s work against Golden Knights star Jack Eichel.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • Orioles beat writers Jacob Calvin Meyer and Matt Weyrich are continuing to do yeoman’s work in the first month of what promises to be a very forgettable 2025 Major League Baseball season.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025
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“Workfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workfolk. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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