worker
a person or thing that works.
a laborer or employee: steel workers.
a person engaged in a particular field, activity, or cause: a worker in psychological research; a worker for the Republican Party.
Entomology.
a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped, nonreproductive bees, specialized to collect food and maintain the hive.
a similar member of a specialized caste of ants, termites, or wasps.
Printing. one of a set of electrotyped plates used to print from (contrasted with molder2).
any of several rollers covered with card clothing that work in combination with the stripper rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers.
Origin of worker
1Other words from worker
- non·work·er, noun
- sub·work·er, noun
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How to use worker in a sentence
The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
Many say the adopted children are so manipulative that parents are seen as predators by counselors or social workers.
New York now employs fewer cops, firefighters, and sanitation workers than it did in 2002.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWorkers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.
Great for convincing your co-workers to DVR Black-ish while at work.
Each new invention threw thousands of hand-workers out of employment.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockBy their leathern aprons and the hammers which hung from their belts one could see that they were workers in metals.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceWhen the children arrived at the McAllister orchard they soon saw that they were not the only workers.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerBut the People, the workers of America, have joyously acclaimed the rebellious manhood of Homestead.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanWith smooth words the great philanthropist had persuaded the workers to indorse the high tariff.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for worker
/ (ˈwɜːkə) /
a person or thing that works, usually at a specific job: a good worker; a research worker
an employee in an organization, as opposed to an employer or manager
a manual labourer or other employee working in a manufacturing or other industry
any other member of the working class
a sterile female member of a colony of bees, ants, or wasps that forages for food, cares for the larvae, etc
Derived forms of worker
- workerless, adjective
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