HOW TO PRONOUNCE
workman
/ˈwɝkmən/
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What does workman mean?
noun
- A man who labours for wages.
- An artisan or craftsman.
proper noun
- A surname.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
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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.
He becomes a workman or a foreman if he can get no further, an engineer if his aptitudes take him as far.
More book examples (3)
If necessary, we shall bring an accomplished workman from France, who will teach our people the way of dealing with the tin.
Ham was a boat-builder in these days, having improved a natural ingenuity in that handicraft, until he had become a skilled workman.
Similarly in agricultural industry of the traditional kind, which closely resembles handicraft in the nature of the demands made upon the workman.