skilled+workman

  • 1skilled workman — noun a worker who has acquired special skills • Syn: ↑skilled worker, ↑trained worker • Hypernyms: ↑worker • Hyponyms: ↑aquanaut, ↑oceanaut, ↑armorer, ↑ …

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  • 2workman — n. 1. Laborer, operative, worker, journeyman. 2. Artisan, mechanic, craftsman, handicraftsman, artificer. 3. Skilful artificer, master in his art, skilled workman …

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  • 3skilled worker — noun a worker who has acquired special skills (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑trained worker, ↑skilled workman • Hypernyms: ↑worker • Hyponyms: ↑aquanaut, ↑ …

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  • 4skilled — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ Interviewi …

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  • 5Workman — This interesting name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century weorc meaning work , plus mann , a man, and was a medieval job descriptive term for a skilled worker or artisan. The following quotation from Promptorium Parvulorum (Medieval… …

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  • 6workman — /werrk meuhn/, n., pl. workmen. 1. a man employed or skilled in some form of manual, mechanical, or industrial work. 2. a male worker. [bef. 900; ME werkman, OE weorcman. See WORK, MAN1] Usage. See man. * * * …

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  • 7workman — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good, skilled ▪ council (BrE) … OF WORKMEN ▪ crew, gang ▪ A gang of workmen has been digging a hole in …

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  • 8workman — work•man [[t]ˈwɜrk mən[/t]] n. pl. men a man employed or skilled in some form of manual, mechanical, or industrial work • Etymology: bef. 900 …

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  • 9workman — /ˈwɜkmən/ (say werkmuhn) noun (plural workmen) 1. a man employed or skilled in some form of manual, mechanical, or industrial work. 2. a male worker. –workmanless, adjective …

  • 10master workman — skilled artisan, one who is a master of his craft …

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