Home › Words › W › workmasterworkmasterworkmaster means master workman; overseer; employer of workmen.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, workmaster ranks #3,412 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom work + master.nounMaster workman; overseer; employer of workmen.A skilled craftsman who owns a workshop.e.g.“AUGUST Fredrik HOLLMING (1854- 1913), born in Finland, workmaster in St. Petersburg from 1880 until his death, with a workshop at 35 Kazanskaya Street; in 1900 he moved into Fabergé's new building.” — 1989, Alexander Von Solodkoff, Christopher Forbes, Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, page 155:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).