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"employ",
"employ"
],
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"manual",
"manual#English"
],
[
"labour",
"labour#English"
],
[
"skill",
"skill"
],
[
"artisan",
"artisan"
],
[
"craftsman",
"craftsman"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "worchere"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A tenant obligated to perform customary labour."
],
"links": [
[
"tenant",
"tenant"
],
[
"perform",
"perform"
],
[
"customary",
"customary"
],
[
"labour",
"labour"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛrkˌman/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwurkˌman/",
"note": "East Saxon, Kent"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛrkˌmɔn/",
"note": "West Midland"
}
],
"word": "werkman"
}
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"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''A workman; an employed man (es'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"werkman"
],
"section": "Middle English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "werkman",
"trace": ""
}
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