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Definition: Working Man |
Working ManNoun1. An employee who performs manual or industrial labor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Working ManSynonyms: working person (n), workman (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agent | Workman, artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper, roustabout. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And remember, the Lord loves a working man. (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) The Lord loves a working man, don't trust whitey. (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) Lord loves a working man. (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Working Man (1933) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Robert Frost | A champion of the working man has never yet been known to die of overwork. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This poor working man had made himself a teacher of justice, and she rewarded him by making him grand. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
working man | 83 |
hard working man | 5 |
working man blues | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "working man"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | werker (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman), arbeider (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | работник (laborer, labourer, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | arbejder (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | werkmier (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker), werkman (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman), werkkracht (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman), werker (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman), arbeider (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | laborulo (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker), laboristo (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | arbeiðsmaður (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | työntekijä (labourer, worker), työmies (labourer, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ouvrier (worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | arbeidersman (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman), arbeider (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | werktätige (working woman), Arbeiter (blue collar worker, hand, jobber, jobbers, labor, laborer, labour, labourer, labourers, operative, operator, shop, toiler, worker, workers, workman, workmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | verkamaður (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | operaio (hand, laborer, labourer, man, operative, worker, working, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | pekerja (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | obbree (agent, employee;practical, factory hand, labourer, proletarian, worker, working, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | trahadó (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman), obrero (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orkingway anmay robotnik (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) рабочий (blue-collar worker, bottler, casual labourer, casual worker, full time, half-back-time worker, hand, laborer, laboring, labourer, labouring, man, mudlark, operative, operator, part-time worker, worker, working, workingman, workingmen, workman). (various references) oibriche (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) trabajador (craftsman, dairyman, daysman, dependant, dependent, employee, hand, hard working, industrious, laborer, labourer, operative, toiler, worker, working, workingman, workman). (various references) wrokoman (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) arbetare (hand, jobber, labor, laborer, labour, labourer, man, operative, worker, workfolk, workman, workmen). (various references) manggagawâ (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) amele (coolie, hand, hobo, hodman, laborer, labourer, operative, peon, worker, workman). (various references) робітник (blue collar, employee, roustabout, shopman, wage earner, worker, workman), працівник (earner, employee, help, worker, workman). (various references) công nhân (operative, working, workman). (various references) isisebenzi (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anhr en ponoiV ponei eautw kai ekbiazetai eautou thn apwleian o mentoi skolioV epi tw eautou stomati forei thn apwleian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Anima laborantis laborat sibi quia conpulit eum os suum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The soule of the trauailere trauaileth to hymself; for hys mouth compellide hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang kahinam sa usa ka tawo nga mamumuo nagabuhat alang kaniya; Kay niini ang iyang baba nagaaghat kaniya. |
| Croatian | Radnikova glad radi za nj; jer ga tjeraju usta njegova. |
| Danish | En Arbejders Hunger arbejder for ham, thi Mundens Krav driver på ham. |
| Dutch | De ziel des arbeidzamen arbeidt voor zichzelven; want zijn mond buigt zich voor hem. |
| Finnish | Työmiehen nälkä tekee työtä hänen hyväkseen, sillä oma suu panee hänelle pakon. |
| French | Celui qui travaille, travaille pour lui, Car sa bouche l`y excite. |
| German | Mancher kommt zu großem Unglück durch sein eigen Maul. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Grangou fè ou travay rèd, paske ou bezwen manje pou ou mete nan bouch. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keinginan untuk makan mendorong orang untuk berusaha; karena perutnya, maka ia terpaksa bekerja. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa hajat orang bekerja itu juga membantu akan dia dalam kelelahannya, karena beratlah tanggungan yang diletakkan oleh mulut adanya. |
| Italian | L'appetito del lavoratore lavora per lui, perché la sua bocca lo stimola. |
| Korean | 노 하 " 자 " 식 욕 을 인 하 여 " 나 니 이 " 그 입 이 자 기 를 독 촉 함 이 니 라 |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te hiahia o te tangata e mahi ana, e mahi ana mona; no te mea e akiakina ana ia e tona mangai. |
| Norwegian | Arbeiderens sult arbeider for ham; for hans munn driver ham frem. |
| Portuguese | O apetite do trabalhador trabalha por ele, porque a sua fome o incita a isso. |
| Rumanian | Cine muncewte, pentru el muncewte, cqci foamea lui kl kndeamnq la lucru. - |
| Spanish | El apetito del trabajador es lo que le obliga a trabajar, porque su boca lo apremia. |
| Swedish | Arbetarens hunger hjälper honom att arbeta ty hans egen mun driver på honom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: workingman. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-k-m-n-n-o-r-w" | |
-2 letters: womaning. | |
-3 letters: ingrown, knowing, marking, moaning, morning, narking, ranking, roaming, warking, warming, warning, wingman, working, workman, worming. | |
-4 letters: amnion, arming, awning, making, margin, mawing, mignon, mikron, minnow, morgan, mowing, naming, nomina, nonwar, oaring, onagri, origan, owning, raking, rowing, waking, waning, wanion, waring. | |
-5 letters: amigo, amino, amnio, among, anion, argon, awing, gamin, garni, giron, gnawn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-k-m-n-n-o-r-w" | |
+2 letters: workingwoman. | |
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