A man employed to do (usually manual or industrial) work, esp. one who is assigned to a particular task, (now) often as part of a larger building…

A person who works with his or her hands (in later use frequently opposed to one who works at a machine); a manual labourer; a craftsperson.

An artisan, a craftsperson.

A person who works with his or her hands; a manual labourer; (in later use) esp. a person whose work is done by hand as opposed to by machine. Cf. h…

A person who uses his or her hands for some task; one who tends to engage in physical rather than mental exertion; esp. a manual labourer, a…

A person (professionally) engaged in performing the practical or mechanical operations of a process, business, etc. Cf. operative, n. 3a.

a mechanic; an ‘aproner’.

One who wears an apron; a shopman or mechanic. (Used contemptuously of the Parliamentary party during the Civil Wars: cf. green apron n. at green…

a workman, mechanic.

A person who wields or controls something held in the hand; a user of a tool, weapon, etc.

Originally U.S. A manual worker, esp. one employed in industry. Cf. white-collar, n. 2.