workfolk
7.5
People who do physical jobs in factories or similar places
- noun
- /ˈwɜrkfoʊk/
- Archaic
:
trabajadores
- After a long day, the workfolk gathered for drinks to unwind.
Examples
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Did the workfolk make any remark about my being with Mr. Boldwood in the long reeds yesterday?
Fiction book (1998) -
The workfolk at the factory are very skilled in their jobs.
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The community center often hosts events to support local workfolk.
Synonyms
worker
vsworkfolk
∞
1.3
A person from the working class, not necessarily employed now
is about employed people at a place rather than social class
workforce
vsworkfolk
249
2.4
All the people who work in a company, industry, or country
is narrower focusing on individual employed manual or industrial people
68
1.0
A person who does hard physical work without special skills, often on building sites
is broader covering all employed manual or industrial staff not only unskilled
working person
vsworkfolk
49
2.8
A person who does manual or factory work for pay, not a manager
is similar but focuses on a group rather than a single individual
workpeople
vsworkfolk
3.9
People who do jobs using their hands in places like factories
means the same but is phrased as a general collective term
How Skilled
specialist
352
3.9
352
3.9
skilled worker
10
3.1
10
3.1
workfolk
- Archaic
manual laborer
1
3.0
- US
1
3.0
unskilled
11
1.9
11
1.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Workfolk combines the everyday words work and folk, with folk meaning 'people'. So workfolk simply names the 'people who work', often used for workers in factories or other jobs.