Definitions for WORKER
ˈwɜr kərwork·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. workernoun

   a person who works at a specific occupation

   "he is a good worker"

2. proletarian, prole, workernoun

   a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

   "workers of the world--unite!"

3. workernoun

   sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae

4. actor, doer, workernoun

   a person who acts and gets things done

   "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. workernoun

   A person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor.

2. workernoun

   A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite or wasp.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Workernoun

   One that works.

   Etymology: from work.

   Ye fair nymphs, which oftentimes have loved
   The cruel worker of your kindly smarts,
   Prepare yourselves, and open wide your hearts. Edmund Spenser.

   His father was a worker in brass. 1 Kings vii. 14.

   You spoke me fair; but even then betrayed me: depart from me, you professors of holiness, but workers of iniquity. Robert South, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Worker

   The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also "Designation of workers by collar colour") include blue-collar jobs, and most pink-collar jobs. Members of the working class rely exclusively upon earnings from wage labour; thus, according to more inclusive definitions, the category can include almost all of the working population of industrialized economies, as well as those employed in the urban areas (cities, towns, villages) of non-industrialized economies or in the rural workforce.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Workernoun

   one who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass

2. Workernoun

   one of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. worker

   A person who works.

   The workers were so efficient and demonstrated such beautiful unity and teamwork to ensure shared prosperity for everyone.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 28, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WORKER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Worker is ranked #66371 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Worker surname appeared 298 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Worker.
   
   71.4% or 213 total occurrences were White.
   17.1% or 51 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   6.7% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.6% or 8 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Commoner
   • Insect
   • Person

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WORKER' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2822

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WORKER' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3132

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WORKER' in Nouns Frequency: #206

Anagrams for WORKER »

1. rework

How to pronounce WORKER?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say WORKER in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WORKER in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WORKER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of WORKER in a Sentence

1. Kelcey Kintner:

   Neither invited nor expected, the worker showed up unannounced in uniform at the hotel room, claiming he was there to fix a broken sink before carrying out his sudden, violent attack on the family, a dedicated father and husband and respected member of his community.

2. Lloyd Dobens and Clare Crawford-Mason, Thinking About Quality:

   If there is no worker involvement, there is no quality system.

3. Wilfried Porth:

   We do not want to cut back worker protection, but we need to leave people the freedom to decide what hours they work, extremely strenuous physical labor, which requires rigid rules - we don't have that to the same extent as we used to.

4. Marco Rubio:

   There is still a lot of thinking on the right that if big corporations are happy, they're going to take the money they're saving and reinvest it in American workers, in fact, they bought back shares, a few gave out bonuses ; there's no evidence whatsoever that the money's been massively poured back into the American worker.

5. Hisakazu Kato:

   Small companies are afraid they will face( worker shortages) due to childcare leave, and this puts pressure on young fathers who want to take childcare leave in future.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WORKER
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Worker
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=WORKER
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/WORKER
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html