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wage earner

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noun

a person who works for wages, especially a laborer.

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RELATED WORDS

breadwinner, employee, jobholder, staffer, wageworker

Nearby words

  1. wafture,
  2. wag,
  3. wage,
  4. wage determination,
  5. wage differential,
  6. wage incentive,
  7. wage scale,
  8. wage slave,
  9. wage-push inflation,
  10. wager

Origin of wage earner

First recorded in 1880–85
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British Dictionary definitions for wage earner

wage earner

US wage worker

noun

a person who works for wages, esp as distinguished from one paid a salary
the person who earns money to support a household by working
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