English > working person: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | An employee who performs manual or industrial labor. |
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| Synonyms | workman, workingman, working man |
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| Narrower | Luddite | One of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment |
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| blaster, chargeman | A workman employed to blast with explosives |
| excavator | A workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying |
| fuller | A workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living |
| gas fitter | A workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances |
| guest worker, guestworker | A person with temporary permission to work in another country |
| heaver | A workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard) |
| laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack | someone who works with their hands |
| lacer | A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding) |
| lather | A workman who puts up laths |
| mill-hand, factory worker | A workman in a mill or factory |
| mover | workman employed by a moving company |
| packer, bagger, boxer | A workman employed to pack things into containers |
| paster | A workman who pastes |
| rat-catcher, disinfestation officer | A workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin |
| roadman, road mender | A workman who is employed to repair roads |
| roundsman | A workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) |
| scratcher | A workman who uses a tool for scratching |
| shearer | A workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles |
| sponger | A workman employed to collect sponges |
| stamper | 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 on |
| warehouser, warehouseman | A workman who manages or works in a warehouse |
| wetter | A workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process |
| Broader | employee | A worker who is hired to perform a job |
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| Spanish | contratada, contratado, currita, currito, obrera, obrero |
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| Catalan | contractada, contractat, obrera, obrer |
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