skillman

plural skillmen

1. A gray-collar worker; someone who does skilled technical work.

   The day that she went, I said, "You know, you have been one of the best skillmen, ever."

   1996, D. W. Livingstone, John Marshall Mangan, Recast Dreams: Class and Gender Consciousness in Steeltown

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   Susman (1970) found clear goal differences between skillmen and their helpers in an oil refinery.

   1981, Paul C. Nystrom, William H. Starbuck, Handbook of Organizational Design, page 98

   In one half, merchants, professionals, speculators and country gentry, wigged, stocked, breeched and buckled, hold a million post-mortems on the day's dealings. In the other, the trousered classes - artisans, skillmen, journeymen - argue the toss over ale and pie. The boundary is fluid, but the lines are clearly drawn.

   2005, Trevor Griffiths, These are the Times: A Life of Thomas Paine, page 13

plural Skillmans

1. A surname.