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worker

Syllabification: (work·er)
Pronunciation: /ˈwərkər/

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Definition of worker

noun

  • 1a person or animal that works, in particular.
  • [with adjective or noun modifier] a person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way:a farm worker she’s a good worker
  • an employee, especially one who does manual or nonexecutive work.
  • (workers) used in Marxist or leftist contexts to refer to the working class.
  • informal a person who works hard:I got a reputation for being a worker
  • (in social insects such as bees, wasps, ants, and termites) a neuter or undeveloped female that is a member of what is usually the most numerous caste and does the basic work of the colony.
  • 2a person who produces or achieves a specified thing:a worker of miracles

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