groundworker

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noun

A person who works on the ground, as opposed to an aviator, etc.

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Meanings

noungroundworker (plural groundworkers)

plural groundworkers

  1. A person who works on the ground, as opposed to an aviator, etc.
  2. Somebody employed to dig trenches, foundations, etc. in the ground.

    At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders.

    2014, Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Construction Technology 2: Industrial and Commercial Building

Origin

From ground + worker.

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APA

groundworker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundworker

MLA

“groundworker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundworker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “groundworker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundworker.

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