Definition of "workingman" []

  • A man who works for wages. (noun)
  • A man who performs heavy manual or industrial labor. (noun)
  • A man who performs manual labour (noun)


Use "workingman" in a sentence
  • "The term workingman can never be anything but a grammatical common denominator."
  • "The difference between the rich and the workingman is a trivial distinction?"
  • "Nevertheless, on our last trip over I had this crazy idea I'd visit some London gun shops and find a great deal on a plain workingman's English double."
  • "I am well aware that the majority was a small one, but the vote marks the end of a long struggle, and disproves the contention that the English workingman is by nature an individualist."
  • "What we call the workingman, the day laborer, the mechanic, the mill hand, had no existence as classes."