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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
Kerry added the way the chancellor is treating salons, which overwhelmingly employ women, "totally goes against the objectives of the government" in growing the economy and supporting workers.
And after years of struggles, workers say the industry is at an inflection point.
County, the city of Los Angeles recently gave its workers significant pay raises, which are now a major factor in a nearly $1-billion budget deficit, along with ballooning legal payouts and a weakening national economy.
Samples from the vomit of students have been sent for lab testing, and police say they have questioned people handling the food, from cooks to packers to delivery workers.
The industry, including the Port of Long Beach, transportation workers and far-flung warehouses, contributed nearly $300 billion in direct economic output and an estimated $93.3 billion in tax revenue in 2022, according to the report.
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