workmistress (werkmis tres)

A female author, designer, producer, or performer of any work. Dame Nature (the mother and workemistri e of all things). Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxx i. 1. ( Richardson . ) work-people (wèrk'pē"pl), n. People engaged in work or labor, particularly in manual labor. The back-door, where servants and work - people were usually admitted. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xiii.