workhorse

English

Etymology

work +‎ horse

Pronunciation

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Noun

workhorse (plural workhorses)

1. A horse used primarily for work; a draft horse
2. (by extension) Anyone or anything that does a lot of work; one who works consistently or regularly.

   Those old machines are not very glamorous, but even 20 years after their introduction, they are still the workhorses of the industry.

Synonyms

• draft horse

Translations

a horse used primarily for work

• Finnish: työhevonen (fi)
• Icelandic: klár (is) m

• Russian: тягловая лошадь (ru) (tjáglovaja lóšadʹ) f, ломовая лошадь (ru) (lomovája lóšadʹ) f

anyone that does a lot of work

• Finnish: työjuhta (fi)
• Icelandic: (to be a real workhorse) víkingur til vinnu (is) m, (to be a real workhorse) hamhleypa til vinnu (is) m

• Russian: ломовая лошадь (ru) (lomovája lóšadʹ) f, стахановец (ru) (staxánovec) m (Stakhanovite)