werkmanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 weorcmann, from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann-; by surface analysis, werk (“work”) +‎ man (“man”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɛrkˌman/
• IPA: /ˈwurkˌman/ (East Saxon, Kent)
• IPA: /ˈwɛrkˌmɔn/ (West Midland)

名詞

werkman (plural werkmen)

1. A workman; an employed man (especially in manual labour)

   Synonym: worchere

   • c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Passus 7]”, in Piers Plowman (La, A-text), Shropshire, published c. 1400, folio 124, recto; republished as Hale 150, London: Lincoln’s Inn Rare Books and Manuscripts Online, 4 April 2023:

     Bote he beo hẏghliche Ihuẏred ellis wol he chẏden / Þat he was werkmon wroght warẏe þe tẏme

     Unless he's highly paid, he'll whinge, / curse the time he was made a worker […]

   1. A servant or hireling; one who conducts menial tasks.
   2. A skilled artisan or craftsman.
2. A tenant obligated to perform customary labour.

派生語

• werkmanly
• werkmanschipe

派生した語

• English: workman
• Middle Scots: warkman, werkman
  • Scots: warkman (obsolete)

参照

• “werk-man, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.