workfolk

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noun

Collectively, people who perform manual labour.

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workforce
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Meanings

nounworkfolk (usually uncountable, plural workfolks)

plural workfolks

  1. uncountableusuallyCollectively, people who perform manual labour.

    Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.

    1892, Thomas Hardy, chapter XLII, in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Volume 2, page 118

    Synonyms: workforce

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCollectively, people who perform manual labour.

Similar
workforce

Origin

From work + folk.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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