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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Workman \Work"man\, noun; pl. {Workmen}. [AS. weorcmann.]
1. A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker.
2. Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
workman
noun: an employee who performs manual or industrial labor [syn: {working man}, {working person}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "workman": blue-collar worker, breadwinner, casual, casual laborer, common laborer, day laborer, employee, factory worker, flunky, free lance, free-lancer, full-time worker, hand, industrial worker, jobber, jobholder, laborer, laboring man, menial, migrant, moiler, navvy, office temporary, operative, proletarian, roustabout, salaried worker, self-employed person, servant, stiff, temporary, toiler, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, worker, workgirl, workhand, working girl, workingman, workingwoman
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