workman
noun/ˈwɜːkmən/
/ˈwɜːrkmən/
(plural workmen
/ˈwɜːkmən/
/ˈwɜːrkmən/
)- a man who is employed to do physical work
- A gang of workmen were shovelling rubble into a truck.
- A gang of council workmen has been digging a hole in the road.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- skilled
- council
- …
- crew
- gang
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- (with an adjective) a person who works in the way mentioned
- a good/bad workman
- He was soon found to be a good workman.
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