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Working Man

Definition: Working Man

Working Man

Noun

1. An employee who performs manual or industrial labor.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Working Man

Synonyms: working person (n), workman (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Working Man

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Modern Usage: Working Man

DomainUsage

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.

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Familiar Quotations: Working Man

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Use in Literature: Working Man

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Working Man

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

working man

83

hard working man

5

working man blues

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Working Man

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

   

Polish

  

robotnik (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

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)

   

Scottish

  

oibriche (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

trabajador (craftsman, dairyman, daysman, dependant, dependent, employee, hand, hard working, industrious, laborer, labourer, operative, toiler, worker, working, workingman, workman). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

wrokoman (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

arbetare (hand, jobber, labor, laborer, labour, labourer, man, operative, worker, workfolk, workman, workmen). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

manggagawâ (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

amele (coolie, hand, hobo, hodman, laborer, labourer, operative, peon, worker, workman). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

робітник (blue collar, employee, roustabout, shopman, wage earner, worker, workman), працівник (earner, employee, help, worker, workman). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

công nhân (operative, working, workman). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

isisebenzi (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, worker, workman). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Working Man

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 16, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAnhr en ponoiV ponei eautw kai ekbiazetai eautou thn apwleian o mentoi skolioV epi tw eautou stomati forei thn apwleian
Latin405VulgateAnima laborantis laborat sibi quia conpulit eum os suum
Middle English1395WyclifThe soule of the trauailere trauaileth to hymself; for hys mouth compellide hym.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Basic English1964OgdenThe 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Working Man

LanguageProverbs Chapter 16, Verse 26
Cebuano¶ Ang kahinam sa usa ka tawo nga mamumuo nagabuhat alang kaniya; Kay niini ang iyang baba nagaaghat kaniya.
CroatianRadnikova glad radi za nj; jer ga tjeraju usta njegova.
DanishEn Arbejders Hunger arbejder for ham, thi Mundens Krav driver på ham.
DutchDe ziel des arbeidzamen arbeidt voor zichzelven; want zijn mond buigt zich voor hem.
FinnishTyömiehen nälkä tekee työtä hänen hyväkseen, sillä oma suu panee hänelle pakon.
FrenchCelui qui travaille, travaille pour lui, Car sa bouche l`y excite.
GermanMancher 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-hariKeinginan untuk makan mendorong orang untuk berusaha; karena perutnya, maka ia terpaksa bekerja.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa hajat orang bekerja itu juga membantu akan dia dalam kelelahannya, karena beratlah tanggungan yang diletakkan oleh mulut adanya.
ItalianL'appetito del lavoratore lavora per lui, perché la sua bocca lo stimola.
Korean노 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.
NorwegianArbeiderens sult arbeider for ham; for hans munn driver ham frem.
PortugueseO apetite do trabalhador trabalha por ele, porque a sua fome o incita a isso.   
RumanianCine muncewte, pentru el muncewte, cqci foamea lui kl kndeamnq la lucru. -
SpanishEl apetito del trabajador es lo que le obliga a trabajar, porque su boca lo apremia.
SwedishArbetarens hunger hjälper honom att arbeta ty hans egen mun driver på honom.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Working Man

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Bible Trace
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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