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# workman

«workman» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who does a job with his hands, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (workmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who does a job with his hands, such as a builder, a mender or a maker of things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a worker in a story; often a man paid to do a job and who must be looked after or paid fairly

### examples

- The workman mended the roof before lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workman/#x1)
- The workmen built a new bridge over the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workman/#x2)
- The workman was proud of his finished chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.105/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «workman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.