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workman

(wɜːʳkmən)
Word forms: plural workmen
countable noun
A workman is a man who works with his hands, for example building or repairing houses or roads.
In University Square workmen are building a steel fence.
Millson saw the workman, Terry, descending the ladder.
Synonyms: labourer, hand, worker, employee More Synonyms of workman

workman in British English

(ˈwɜːkmən)
nounWord forms: plural -men
1. 
a man who is employed in manual labour or who works an industrial machine
2. 
a craftsman of skill as specified
a bad workman

workman in American English

(ˈwɜrkmən)
nounWord forms: plural ˈworkmen (ˈwɜrkmən)
1. 
workingman
2. 
a craftsman

Examples of 'workman' in a sentence
workman

At the time workmen were digging up a nearby road.
The Sun (2014)
There are workmen putting in grand columns and flash windows.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Five hundred workmen put it all back together again.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What's that phrase about a bad workman blaming his tools?
The Sun (2014)
It's a bad workman who blames his tools.
The Sun (2011)
If the workmen come, not one single soul will be able to leave the country.
Philip Marsden The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007)
The Manchester city centre shop was closed yesterday as workmen repaired damage.
The Sun (2012)
BRITAIN'S most famous puddle was gone yesterday - drained by two workmen unaware it was an internet sensation.
The Sun (2016)
As she tells me this, the doorbell rings and a workman comes in to check some door frames in advance of the move.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The two workmen who opened the second half, rhyming with each other, got applause.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A floating platform was anchored in a corner, and two workmen were busy doing something noisy to the walls.
Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
A third said that they had asked for their parents' help specifically to avoid the costs of hiring a skilled workman.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
 Bad workmen blame their tools, but if your spread betting trades go wrong, you cannot blame the facilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The carriage pulled by two horses was dragged down a street, hit two workmen, clipped a car and toppled over.
The Sun (2006)
EVER heard that phrase'A bad workman blames his tools '?
The Sun (2016)
A bad workman blames his tools, but a good workman also blames his tools if his tools aren't very good.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I was walking through a park the other day and I saw two council workmen.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

Quotations

A bad workman always blames his tools

In other languages
workman

British English: workman /ˈwɜːkmən/ NOUN
A workman is a man who works with his hands, for example a builder or plumber.
  • American English: workman
  • Arabic: عَامِل
  • Brazilian Portuguese: operário
  • Chinese: 工人
  • Croatian: radnik
  • Czech: dělník
  • Danish: arbejder
  • Dutch: werkman
  • European Spanish: obrero
  • Finnish: työmies
  • French: ouvrier
  • German: Handwerker
  • Greek: τεχνίτης
  • Italian: operaio
  • Japanese: 肉体労働者
  • Korean: 노동자
  • Norwegian: arbeider
  • Polish: robotnik
  • European Portuguese: operário
  • Romanian: meseriaș
  • Russian: рабочий
  • Latin American Spanish: obrero
  • Swedish: arbetare
  • Thai: คนงาน
  • Turkish: işçi
  • Ukrainian: робітник
  • Vietnamese: người thợ

Chinese translation of 'workman'

workman

(ˈwəːkmən)
Word forms:pl workmen

n (c)

  1. 劳(勞)动(動)者 (láodòngzhě) (个(個), gè)
(noun) 
Definition
a man who is employed to do manual work
The workmen were building a fence around the area.
Synonyms
labourer
Her husband had been a farm labourer.
hand
He now works as a farm hand.
worker
Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
employee
Many of the company's employees are women.
mechanic
operative
In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person
The table in the kitchen was made by a local craftsman.
artisan
They have been restored by a stonemason and artisan.
tradesperson
journeyman or woman
artificer (rare)

proverb

A bad workman always blames his tools

Additional synonyms

in the sense of artificer
Definition
a skilled craftsman
Synonyms
or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person,
mechanic,
artisan
in the sense of artisan
Definition
a skilled workman
They have been restored by a stonemason and artisan.
Synonyms
or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person,
technician,
mechanic,
journeyman,
artificer,
handicraftsman,
skilled worker
in the sense of craftsman
Definition
a skilled worker
The table in the kitchen was made by a local craftsman.
Synonyms
skilled worker,
artisan,
master,
maker,
wright,
technician,
artificer,
smith,
crafter

Nearby words of
workman

  • worker
  • workforce
  • working
  • workman
  • workmanlike
  • workmanship
  • workout

Synonyms of 'workman'

workman

Explore 'workman' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of employee
Definition
a person who is hired to work for someone in return for payment
Many of the company's employees are women.
Synonyms
worker,
labourer,
or woman or person">workman or woman or person,
staff member,
member of staff,
hand,
wage-earner,
white-collar worker,
blue-collar worker,
hired hand,
job-holder,
member of the workforce
in the sense of hand
Definition
a manual worker
He now works as a farm hand.
Synonyms
worker,
employee,
labourer,
workman,
operative,
or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person,
artisan,
artificer,
hired man,
hireling
in the sense of operative
Definition
a worker with a special skill
In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
Synonyms
worker,
hand,
employee,
mechanic,
labourer,
or woman or person">workman or woman or person,
artisan,
machinist,
working man or woman or person
in the sense of worker
Definition
a person who works at a specific job
Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
Synonyms
employee,
hand,
labourer,
or woman or person">workman or woman or person,
or woman or person">craftsman or woman or person,
artisan,
tradesperson,
wage earner,
proletarian,
working man or woman or person
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