"workfolk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: workfolks [plural]
Etymology: From work + folk. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|work|folk}} work + folk Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} workfolk (usually uncountable, plural workfolks)
  1. Collectively, people who perform manual labour. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: workforce
    Sense id: en-workfolk-en-noun-NNlWNmTo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From work + folk.",
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      "tags": [
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1892, Thomas Hardy, chapter XLII, in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Volume 2, page 118:",
          "text": "Tess waited outside the door of the farmhouse till the group of workfolk had received their wages, and then Marian introduced her.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Collectively, people who perform manual labour."
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      "links": [
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        {
          "word": "workforce"
        }
      ],
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        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From work + folk.",
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    {
      "form": "workfolks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "-",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        }
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