worker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
  2. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
  3. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  4. A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɜː.kə/ /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ En-us-worker.ogg En-uk-worker.ogg

Word forms

worker workers

Etymology

From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

Translations

Breton: labourerez Czech: dělnice Finnish: työläinen French: ouvrier French: ouvrière Georgian: მუშა German: Arbeiterin German: Arbeitsameise German: Arbeitsbiene German: Arbeitstermite (termite) German: Arbeitswespe Hungarian: dolgozó Indonesian: pekerja Norman: ouvriyi Polish: robotnica Portuguese: operário Romanian: albină lucrătoare Russian: рабо́чий Russian: рабо́чая пчела́ Russian: рабо́чая оса́ Spanish: obrera Vietnamese: thợ
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