Woolworkers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. People who labor in the wool trade, such as those who shear, sort, spin or weave fleece into cloth
2. Workers employed in handling and processing raw wool or manufacturing woollen goods
3. Those whose occupation involves the preparation, sorting or production of wool fibre and fabric

Etymology: "Woolworkers" is simply the plural of "woolworker", a compound of two plain English words: "wool" and "worker". "Wool" comes from Old English "wull", a word shared across Germanic languages, while "worker" is formed from "work" with the agent suffix "-er", so a woolworker is literally one who works wool. The plural adds only the ordinary "-s" ending, so the word needs no separate history of its own.

Synonyms: wool workers