Worker Definition
wûrkər
workers
noun
workers
A person, animal, or thing that works; specif., a person who is employed to do physical or mental work for wages, esp. in order to earn a living, as in a trade, industry, business, office, etc. or on a farm, ranch, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who works for a cause, organization, etc.
Volunteer workers, a party worker.
Webster's New World
One who does manual or industrial labor.
American Heritage
A member of the working class.
American Heritage
Any of a class of sterile or sexually imperfect ants, bees, wasps, etc. that do work for the colony: with the exception of termites, workers are normally females.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- goldworker
- glassworker
- leatherworker
- clothworker
- brassworker
- laceworker
- prole
- proletarian
- doer
- actor
- scab
- performer
- peon
- toiler
- slave
affix
A person who works in a (specified) industry or place or with (specified) materials or equipment.
Dockworker, steelworker.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Worker
Noun
Singular:
worker
Plural:
workersOrigin of Worker
-
work + -er.
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