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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

workman

/ˈwɝkmən/

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What does workman mean?

noun

  1. A man who labours for wages.
  2. An artisan or craftsman.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈwɝkmən/

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When sufficiently recovered, he was accordingly put apprentice to one Allott, the village carpenter, under whom he soon became an expert workman.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
He becomes a workman or a foreman if he can get no further, an engineer if his aptitudes take him as far.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
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If necessary, we shall bring an accomplished workman from France, who will teach our people the way of dealing with the tin.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
Ham was a boat-builder in these days, having improved a natural ingenuity in that handicraft, until he had become a skilled workman.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
Similarly in agricultural industry of the traditional kind, which closely resembles handicraft in the nature of the demands made upon the workman.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833