steelworker
noun
steelworker is a noun meaning “A person who works in a steel mill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-E-E-L-W-O-R-K-E-R and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of steelworker is steelworkers.
What does steelworker mean?
noun
- 1
A person who works in a steel mill.
Near-synonym: steelman
- 2
A person employed to build steel structures.
The steelworkers and electricians went on strike, halting construction.
noun
- 1
A member of the North American trade union United Steelworkers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce steelworker?
Steelworker has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of steelworker
- steelworkers plural
- steel-worker
- steel worker
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is steelworker?
Steelworker appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Steelworker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person employed to manufacture or shape steel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métallurgiste |
| German | Stahlarbeiter |
| Portuguese | metalúrgico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does steelworker come from?
From steel + worker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).