skillman

See also: Skillman

English

Etymology

skill +‎ man

Noun

skillman (plural skillmen)

  1. A gray-collar worker; someone who does skilled technical work.
    • 1981, Paul C. Nystrom, William H. Starbuck, Handbook of Organizational Design, page 98:
      Susman (1970) found clear goal differences between skillmen and their helpers in an oil refinery.
    • 1996, D. W. Livingstone, John Marshall Mangan, Recast Dreams: Class and Gender Consciousness in Steeltown:
      The day that she went, I said, "You know, you have been one of the best skillmen, ever."
    • 2005, Trevor Griffiths, These are the Times: A Life of Thomas Paine, page 13:
      In one half, merchants, professionals, speculators and country gentry, wigged, stocked, breeched and buckled, hold a million post-mortems on the day's dealings. In the other, the trousered classes - artisans, skillmen, journeymen - argue the toss over ale and pie. The boundary is fluid, but the lines are clearly drawn.
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