steelworker

noun

steel·​work·​er ˈstēl-ˌwər-kər How to pronounce steelworker (audio)
: a person who works in steel and especially in the manufacturing of it

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Despite their large numbers, their importance to the economy, and their presence in Northampton — a swing county in a crucial battleground state — warehouse workers don’t form an influential voting bloc in the way that steelworkers did. Farah Stockman, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024 In recent years, steelworkers, truckers, bus drivers, railway workers, teachers, and sugarcane workers have called strikes to challenge the current regime. Eric S. Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020 Todd Clary, a steelworker standing near the stage, was impressed. Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Particularly when the steelworkers union supported a rival takeover offer from Cleveland-Cliffs, which is based just over the border in Ohio. Dan Primack, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for steelworker 

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of steelworker was in 1857

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“Steelworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steelworker. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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