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worker
[ wur-ker ]
noun
- 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 ( molder 2 ).
- any of several rollers covered with card clothing that work in combination with the stripper rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers.
worker
/ ˈɜːə /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈɴǰ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·ɴǰİ noun
- ܲ·ɴǰİ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The historic vote came as roughly 55,000 county workers entered the first full day of a two-day strike, accusing the county of slow-rolling contract negotiations and bringing paltry offers to the bargaining table.
Border Patrol halt illegal stops and warrantless arrests in the Central Valley after agents detained and arrested dozens of farm workers and laborers — including a U.S.
Tens of thousands of Los Angeles County workers walked off their jobs and onto picket lines Tuesday, amid what their union described as a failure by the county to fairly bargain for a new contract.
During her campaign, Persad-Bissessar promised to raise wages for public sector workers who have been struggling to meet rising costs of living.
The Israeli military has released a Palestinian paramedic detained when Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza last month, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.
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