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Workfolk

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commonfolknounordinary people
underworkmannounAn inferior or subordinate labourer.
bye-workmannoun(mining, historical) An underground mine labourer.
shopfolksnounSynonym of shopfolk.
working stiffnoun(originally US, informal) An ordinary person who works in a non-management position, especially one who works for wages rather than a salary.
layfolknoun(uncommon) laypeople
peasantnounA member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
layfolksnoun(uncommon) laypeople
vulgarnounThe language of a people, especially the commoners.
streetfolknounPeople who habitually spend time in the streets, such as public entertainers or the homeless.
laboressnoun(dated) A female laborer.
just folksnoun(idiomatic, sometimes used as if singular) Ordinary, unpretentious people; an ordinary, unpretentious person.
roughnecknoun(colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
citizennounA legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
proletariatenounAlternative spelling of proletariat. [(often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.]
gangmannoun(chiefly India and Africa) A member of a work gang; a laborer, often on railways.
proletarynounA proletarian.
water carriernoun(usually historical) A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
wagemannounA surname.
underworkernounAn inferior or subordinate workman.

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