workingman

noun

work·ing·man ˈwər-kiŋ-ˌman

Synonyms of workingman

: one who works for wages usually at manual labor

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Kimmel has a great blend of classy guy and workingman’s appeal, but this isn’t his strongest night. — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 After all, one thing workingmen, women, and almost all of the enslaved had in common, on the commons, was the fact that none of them could vote. — Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 McCardell is the one who ignored its provenance as a humble workingman’s textile and brought it to women’s wear. — Julia Turner, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025 This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour. — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for workingman

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before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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workingman

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work·ing·man ˈwər-kiŋ-ˌman

: one who works for wages usually at manual labor or in industry

workingman

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