workingman

work·ing·man

W0223200 (wûr′kĭng-măn′)n.1. A man who works for wages.2. A man who performs heavy manual or industrial labor.

workingman

(ˈwɜːkɪŋˌmæn) n, pl -mena man who performs manual labour

work•ing•man

(ˈwɜr kɪŋˌmæn)

n., pl. -men. a man of the working class; a man, whether skilled or unskilled, who earns his living at some manual or industrial work. [1630–40] usage: See -man.

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workingman - an employee who performs manual or industrial laborworking man, working person, workmanexcavator - a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarryingblaster, chargeman - a workman employed to blast with explosivesemployee - a worker who is hired to perform a jobfuller - a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a livinggas fitter - a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliancesguest worker, guestworker - a person with temporary permission to work in another country; "a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists"heaver - a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual laborlacer - a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)lather - a workman who puts up lathsLuddite - one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemploymentfactory worker, mill-hand - a workman in a mill or factorymover - workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano"bagger, packer, boxer - a workman employed to pack things into containerspaster - a workman who pastesdisinfestation officer, rat-catcher - a workman employed to destroy or drive away verminroad mender, roadman - a workman who is employed to repair roadsroundsman - a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)scratcher - a workman who uses a tool for scratchingshearer - a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textilessponger - a workman employed to collect spongesstamper - a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)utility man - a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called onwarehouseman, warehouser - a workman who manages or works in a warehousewetter - a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process

workingman

nounOne who labors:hand, laborer, operative, roustabout, worker, working girl, workingwoman, workman, workwoman.