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

workman (plural workmen)

A man who labours for wages.
- 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:
  He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.
An artisan or craftsman.

a man who labours for wages

Arabic: عَامِل m (ʕāmil), شَغِّيل m (šaḡḡīl)
Belarusian: рабо́тнік m (rabótnik), працаўні́к m (pracawník), рабо́чы m (rabóčy)
Bulgarian: рабо́тник (bg) m (rabótnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工人 (zh) (gōngrén)
Danish: arbejdsmand c
Dutch: werkman (nl) m, werkmens (nl) m
Esperanto: laboristo
Finnish: työmies (fi)
French: ouvrier (fr) m
German: Arbeiter (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἐργάτης m (ergátēs)
Hindi: मज़दूर (hi) m (mazdūr), कामगार (hi) m (kāmgār)
Icelandic: verkamaður (is) m
Italian: lavoratore (it) m
Japanese: 労働者 (ja) (ろうどうしゃ, rōdōsha)
Khmer: កម្មករ (km) (kamkɑɑ)
Korean: 노동자(勞動者) (ko) (nodongja), 로동자(勞動者) (ko) (rodongja) (North Korea)
Latin: operārius m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ажилчин (mn) (ažilčin)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کارْگَر (fa) (kârgar), فَعَلِه (fa) (fa'ale) (collective, used as singular), عَمَلِه (fa) (amale) (collective, used as singular)
Polish: robotnik (pl) m
Romanian: lucrător (ro) m, muncitor (ro) m
Russian: рабо́чий (ru) m (rabóčij), рабо́тник (ru) m (rabótnik)
Swedish: arbetskarl (sv) c, arbetare (sv) c
Thai: กรรมกร (th) (gam-má-gɔɔn), คนงาน (th) (kon-ngaan)
Tocharian B: kapyāre
Ukrainian: робітни́к (uk) m (robitnýk), працівни́к (uk) m (pracivnýk)
Urdu: مَزدُور m (mazdūr)
Vietnamese: thợ (vi), người thợ

artisan — see artisan

craftsman — see craftsman