worker (ˈwɜːkə
)
Definitions
noun
- 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
Alternative Forms
ˈworkerless adjectiveSynonyms
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employee,
hand,
labourer,
workman,
craftsman,
artisan,
tradesman,
wage earner,
proletarian,
working man or working woman
Quotations
"The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of all countries unite!"
Translations
- British English:
worker
Workers are people who are employed in industry or business and who are not managers....factory workers.ˈwɜːkə NOUN ...factory workers.
- Spanish:
trabajador
nm trabajadora
- French:
travailleur
nm
- German:
Arbeiter
nm Arbeiterin
- Chinese: 工人 n
- Arabic: عَامِل n
- Portuguese: trabalhador nm trabalhadora
- Russian: работник nm работница
- Croatian: radnik nm
- Czech: pracovník nm pracovnice
- Danish: arbejder nutr
- Dutch: arbeider nm
- Finnish: työntekijä n
- Greek: εργαζόμενος n εργαζόμενη
- Italian: lavoratore nm lavoratrice
- Japanese: 働く人 n
- Korean: 근로자 n
- Norwegian: arbeider nm
- Polish: pracownik nm pracownica
- Brazilian Portuguese: trabalhador nm trabalhadora
- European Spanish:
trabajador
nm trabajadora
- Swedish: arbetare nutr
- Thai: ผู้ทำงาน n
- Turkish: işçi n
- Vietnamese: công nhân n
Usage examples
A voluntary worker at an East London day centre for the homeless had been almost sure she recognized Zoe's photo.
, Lost Children (1994)According to evolutionary theory, these worker ants should favour individuals to whom they are more closely related.
New Scientist (2003)Police officers have also travelled to New York to interview a former Castlereagh worker.
Irish Times (2002)But if it was to survive it would require either a miracle worker or a martinet.
Glasgow Herald (2001)He complained of the injustice of the specialists who had refused to give him worker 's compensation for his back injury.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)