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worker

Pronunciation: /ˈwəːkə/
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Definition of worker

noun

  • 1a person who 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 non-executive work.
  • informal a person who works hard:I got a reputation for being a worker
  • (workers) used in Marxist or leftist contexts to refer to the working class: a red flag with the inscription ‘workers of the world, unite!’ [in names]:the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
  • 2a person who achieves a specified thing:he was a bogus worker of miracles
  • 3a neuter or undeveloped female bee, wasp, ant, or other social insect, large numbers of which do the basic work of the colony.

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