Definitions of working person
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an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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synonyms:
working man, workingman, workman
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examples:
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Paul Bunyan
a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada
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Ali Baba
the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment
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excavator
a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
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blaster, chargeman
a workman employed to blast with explosives
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fuller
a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
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gas fitter
a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
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guest worker, guestworker
a person with temporary permission to work in another country
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heaver
a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
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jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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lacer
a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)
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lather
a workman who puts up laths
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Luddite
one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
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factory worker, mill-hand
a workman in a mill or factory
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mover
workman employed by a moving company
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bagger, boxer, packer
a workman employed to pack things into containers
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paster
a workman who pastes
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disinfestation officer, rat-catcher
a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
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road mender, roadman
a workman who is employed to repair roads
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roundsman
a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
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scratcher
a workman who uses a tool for scratching
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shearer
a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
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sponger
a workman employed to collect sponges
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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)
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utility man
a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on
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warehouseman, warehouser
a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
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wetter
a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
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agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer
a person who tills the soil for a living
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bracero
a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
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cleaner
someone whose occupation is cleaning
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day laborer, day labourer
a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
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digger
a laborer who digs
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dishwasher
someone who washes dishes
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drudge, galley slave, navvy, peon
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
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gandy dancer
a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
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gravedigger
a person who earns a living by digging graves
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hewer
a person who hews
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hand, hired hand, hired man
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
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hod carrier, hodman
a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
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gipsy, gypsy, itinerant
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
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faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman
a person who fells trees
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mill-girl
a girl who works in a mill
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miner, mineworker
laborer who works in a mine
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mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer, skinner
a worker who drives mules
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platelayer, tracklayer
a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
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porter
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
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rail-splitter, splitter
a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
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remover
someone who works for a company that moves furniture
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sawyer
one who is employed to saw wood
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section hand
a laborer assigned to a section gang
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sprayer
a worker who applies spray to a surface
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stacker
a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
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steeplejack
someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
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dock worker, dock-walloper, docker, dockhand, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
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fireman, stoker
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
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woodcutter
cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
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wrecker
someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
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yardman
a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
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type of:
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employee
a worker who is hired to perform a job
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Paul Bunyan
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