What does worker mean?
Definitions for worker
ˈwɜr kərwork·er
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word worker.
Princeton's WordNet
worker(noun)
a person who works at a specific occupation
"he is a good worker"
proletarian, prole, worker(noun)
a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
"workers of the world--unite!"
worker(noun)
sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
actor, doer, worker(noun)
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"
Wiktionary
worker(Noun)
A person who performs labor for his living, especially manual labor.
worker(Noun)
A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite or wasp.
Webster Dictionary
Worker(noun)
one who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass
Worker(noun)
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 Contribution
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
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'worker' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2822
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'worker' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3132
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'worker' in Nouns Frequency: #206
Anagrams for worker »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of worker in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of worker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of worker in a Sentence
Protective measures should include action taken to ensure that a woman worker does not lose her job during pregnancy and that maternity is not a source of discrimination.
To see a film about an indigenous domestic worker embraced this way in an age when fear and anger propose to divide us means the world to me, reverting back to a world of separation and isolation is not a solution to anything.
Someone who is probably a rural worker in the woods, in the forest, in the jungle gets bit by a mosquito who is infected with yellow fever but likely got it from a monkey, so it goes from animal to human, but it doesn't get into the population of Aedes aegypti, which are very frequent in the big cities like Rio de Janeiro.
None of us believed it at first, because we found out through an old co-worker and at first it was like, Oh yeah that happened ten years ago.
This as a very slippery slope, in this context, it opens another can of worms to allow employers to use them as a wage replacement when worker earnings are already not particularly high.
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Translations for worker
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- werkerAfrikaans
- عاملArabic
- işçiAzerbaijani
- работніца, працаўнік, работнік, працаўніцаBelarusian
- работник, работничкаBulgarian
- কর্মীBengali
- labourer, micherour, labourerezBreton
- treballador, treballadora, obrerCatalan, Valencian
- dělník, dělniceCzech
- arbejderDanish
- Hacklerin, Arbeitnehmer, Arbeitsameise, Arbeiterin, Arbeitnehmerin, Angestellter, Arbeiter, Arbeitsbiene, Arbeitstermite, Hackler, Angestellte, ArbeitswespeGerman
- εργάτης, εργάτριαGreek
- virproletario, laborulino, proletariino, virlaboranto, laboranto, proleto, virproleto, laboristo, virlaborulo, proletario, laboristino, laborantino, laborulo, proletino, virlaboristoEsperanto
- trabajador, obrero, obreraSpanish
- töötajaEstonian
- کارگرPersian
- työläinenFinnish
- ouvrier, ouvrière, travailleuse, travailleurFrench
- oibríIrish
- obraiche, neach-obrachScottish Gaelic
- obbreeManx
- मज़दूरHindi
- dolgozó, munkásHungarian
- աշխատող, բանվորArmenian
- buruh, pekerjaIndonesian
- starfsmaðurIcelandic
- lavorante, operaio, lavoratoreItalian
- 労働者, 勤労者, 働Japanese
- მუშაGeorgian
- жұмысшыKazakh
- បុគ្គលិក, កម្មករ, អ្នកធ្វើការKhmer
- ಕೆಲಸಗಾರKannada
- 勞動者, 노동자Korean
- жумушчуKyrgyz
- ກຳມະກອນLao
- darbininkasLithuanian
- strādnieksLatvian
- работничка, работникMacedonian
- ажилчин, ажилтанMongolian
- pekerjaMalay
- ħaddiema, ħaddiemMaltese
- အလုပ်သမားBurmese
- arbeiderNorwegian
- arbeider, arbeidskrachtDutch
- arbeidarNorwegian Nynorsk
- robotnica, robotnikPolish
- trabalhadorPortuguese
- lucrătoare, lucrător, muncitor, muncitoare, albină lucrătoareRomanian
- [[рабочий, работник, труженик, трудящийся, работница, рабочий, труженицаRussian
- радница, radnik, radnica, радникSerbo-Croatian
- කම්කරුවා, වැඩකාරයාSinhala, Sinhalese
- robotník, robotníčkaSlovak
- delavec, delavkaSlovene
- punëtorAlbanian
- arbetareSwedish
- коргарTajik
- คนงานThai
- işçiTurkmen
- trabahador, manggagawaTagalog
- emekçi, işçiTurkish
- ئىشچىUyghur, Uighur
- трудящий, робітник, робітниця, працівник, працівницяUkrainian
- مزدورUrdu
- ishchiUzbek
- công nhânVietnamese
- voban, hivoban, jivobanVolapük
- אַרבעטערYiddish
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