| workman | | |
| n. (person) | 1. working man, working person, workingman, workman | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor. |
| ~ excavator | a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying. |
| ~ blaster, chargeman | a workman employed to blast with explosives. |
| ~ employee | a worker who is hired to perform a job. |
| ~ 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.; "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 labor. |
| ~ lacer | a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding). |
| ~ lather | a workman who puts up laths. |
| ~ luddite | one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment. |
| ~ factory worker, mill-hand | a workman in a mill or factory. |
| ~ mover | 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 containers. |
| ~ paster | a workman who pastes. |
| ~ disinfestation officer, rat-catcher | a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin. |
| ~ road mender, roadman | 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. |
| ~ warehouseman, warehouser | a workman who manages or works in a warehouse. |
| ~ wetter | a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process. |
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