English

Noun

workingman ‎(plural workingmen)

1. A man who works in exchange for payment, especially one that does manual labour
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 131,

     To her it seemed indecent that a pregnant woman of her standing (Government Service) should have to board the steamer without a husband to go with her and dispute about her accommodation and whisper anxiously to the doctor and stewardess—almost as indecent as a Government Service woman's having her baby in the hospital in Port Zodiac with the wives of workingmen and Greeks.

Related terms

• workingwoman

See also

• working girl