English Online Dictionary. What means worker? What does worker mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɜː.kə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɝ.kɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)
Noun
worker (plural workers)
- One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- Hyponyms: laborer, labourer; blue-collar worker, white-collar worker; drone, drudge
- Coordinate terms: boss, manager, employer (sometimes coinstantial)
- Near-synonym: employee
- A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- (rare) A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- (computing) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
- rework