woolworker

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noun

A person who works with wool.

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Meanings

nounwoolworker (plural woolworkers)

plural woolworkers

  1. A person who works with wool.

    In Bradford, England, during 1870s, as there was a search to explain the mysterious deaths of woolworkers, the newspapers speculated that it might be bubonic plague.

    2014, Richard M. Swiderski, Anthrax: A History, page 82

Origin

From wool + worker.

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APA

woolworker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolworker

MLA

“woolworker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolworker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woolworker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolworker.

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