Operative
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A workman; a laboring man; an artisan; particularly one employed in factories.
Cocking v. Ward (Tenn. Ch. App.) 48 S. W. 287; In re City Trust Co., 121 Fed. 706, 58 O. C. A. 126; Rhodes v. Matthews, 67 Ind. 131.