FromMiddle Englishwerkman, fromOld Englishweorcmann(“workman”), fromProto-West Germanic*werkamann, fromProto-Germanic*werkamann-(“workman”), equivalent towork +-man. CompareDutchwerkman(“workman”),GermanWerkmann(“labourer, workman”),Icelandicverkamaður(“workman”).
workman (pluralworkmen)
- Aman wholabours forwages.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, inRAIL, number947, page58:He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.
- Anartisan orcraftsman.
a man who labours for wages
