workpeople

English

Noun

workpeople

1. plural of workperson
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     So far there was not a hitch. The workpeople, to be sure — riggers and what not — were most annoyingly slow; but time cured that. It was the crew that troubled me.

   • 1960 April, “Talking of trains: The new link at Barnsley”, in Trains Illustrated, page 197:

     A few trains, mostly at peak periods, will still terminate at Barnsley because the convenience to workpeople of their current times outweighs the advantages of through working.

   • 1978, John Elliott, Conflict or Co-operation?:

     One half of the supervisory Board should be appointed by the workpeople through trade union machinery, normally at company or combine level.

References

• “workpeople”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.