different between labourer vs workman

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?.b?.??/

Noun

labourer (plural labourers)

1. Britain standard spelling of laborer.

Anagrams

• rubeolar

French

Etymology

From Middle French labourer, from Old French laborer, borrowed from Latin lab?r?re, present active infinitive of lab?r?. Replaced the Old French arer (“to plough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bu.?e/

Verb

labourer

1. (transitive) to plough

Conjugation

Derived terms

• labourage
• laboureur

Further reading

• “labourer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French laborer.

Verb

labourer

1. to work (to do work); to labor
2. to manufacture; to make (in a work context)

Descendants

• French: labourer

References

• labourer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

English

Etymology

From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), equivalent to work +? -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?km?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??km?n/
• Hyphenation: work?man

Noun

workman (plural workmen)

1. A man who labours for wages.
2. An artisan or craftsman.

Derived terms

• a bad workman always blames his tools

Related terms

• worker
• workwoman

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