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Meaning of 'worker' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Worker [ n.]
- One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.
- 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.

Meaning of 'worker' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . worker [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who works at a specific occupation
Example in sentence:
  • he is a good worker
Meaning (2):
- a person who acts and gets things done
Example in sentence:
  • he's a miracle worker;
  • he's a principal actor in this affair;
  • when you want something done get a doer
Meaning (3):
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
Example in sentence:
  • workers of the world--unite!

Nearby Words:

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