worker
noun
- a person, animal, or thing that works; specif., a person who is employed to do physical or mental work for wages, esp. in order to earn a living, as in a trade, industry, business, office, etc. or on a farm, ranch, etc.
- a person who works for a cause, organization, etc.: volunteer workers, a party worker
- any of a class of sterile or sexually imperfect ants, bees, wasps, etc. that do work for the colony: with the exception of termites, workers are normally females
- Printing an electrotype used to print from, as distinguished from one used as a mold for making duplicate electrotypes
See worker in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(wûrˈkər)
nouna. One who works at a particular occupation or activity: an office worker.
b. One who does manual or industrial labor.
- A member of the working class.
- A member of a colony of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, or termites, usually a sterile female but often a sexually immature individual of either sex, that performs specialized work such as building the nest, collecting and storing food, and feeding other members of the colony.
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