steelworker

== English == === Alternative forms === steel-worker, steel worker === Etymology === From steel +‎ worker. === Noun === steelworker (plural steelworkers) A person who works in a steel mill. Synonym: steeler (no longer common) Hypernyms: millworker < worker < person Near-synonym: steelman (uncommon) A person employed to build steel structures. Synonym: ironworker (idiomatically inclusive of these workers, and more common for this sense) ==== Usage notes ==== Typically as an employee at a steel mill or steelworks, a large industrial facility. An independent steelwright would (formerly) be known as a steel master or (now) a smith, craftsman, artisan, or hobbyist. The construction workers specializing in steel work are more often called steel workers, with the space, when they are not called ironworkers instead. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === teleworkers