head-workern.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdwəːkə/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌwərkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, worker n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + worker n., partly after headwork n., and partly after handworker n.

†1. The chief provider of something. Cf. worker n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood > one who

maintainera1450

provisora1475

provider1616

sustentationa1631

head-worker1640

support1677

breadwinner1783

family head2002

1640 W. Gilbert Architectonice Consolationis 7 The Holy Ghost is the Head-worker of Comfort.

2. A person whose job chiefly involves intellectual work or thinking, as opposed to manual labour; a thinker. Cf. handworker n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > one who works with his brains

head-worker1829

brain-worker1844

knowledge worker1962

1829 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 15 Aug. 146/1 Head-workers, in particular, have uniformly bad digestions.

1867 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 379/1 The head worker is not equally fitted to be a hand worker.

1921 H. Diemer et al. What is Production & Why? 48 The foreman is more of a headworker than a handworker, altho generally he is able to ‘get his hand in’ when necessary.

1946 E. Taylor Palladian vii. 69 ‘They've got their own ways of being busy. Up here,’ said Nanny, tapping her forehead. ‘Where'd we be if it wasn't for the head-workers?’

1995 Independent on Sunday 12 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 47/4 The child who catches the bug for reasoned thinking early is surely the kind of ‘flexible’ head-worker that prophets of 21st-century capitalism are clamouring for.

3. A worker who manages or is in charge of other workers. In later use chiefly U.S.: (the title or position of) a person who manages a settlement house or other community organization. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who is in charge

gaffera1658

old man1668

governor1783

head woman1799

boss1806

oyakata1818

guv'nor1843

head-worker1846

jossc1860

Guv1861

Maluka1905

big guy1921

skip1921

kingfish1930

boss-man1934

pitch-and-toss1942

honcho1945

head honcho1952

1846 E. Marshall Rose, or Affection's Gift 92 It was arranged he should be..placed under the charge of his uncle, the head worker in one of the principal watchmaking establishments of that city.

1886 Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans) 18 Feb. 3/2 A Christian she was and head worker in our Sunday School.

1910 Pop Sci. Monthly Oct. 375 Jane Adams,..founder and head worker of the Hull House Settlement.

1927 S. Nearing & J. Hardy Econ. Organization Soviet Union xi. 178 The conferences..have been the means of raising thousands of workers to posts of greater responsibility, such as to head-workers and to foremen.

1975 R. P. Ingalls H. H. Lehman & N.Y.'s Little New Deal viii. 188 From 1910 to 1913, he interrupted his practice to serve as head worker of the United Neighborhood Guild.

2011 P. A. Dowden-White Groping toward Democracy v. 184 During her tenure as head worker (1912–1924), a continuous stream of callers were in and out of her office all day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head-worker
释义	head-workern. Brit. /ˈhɛdwəːkə/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌwərkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, worker n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + worker n., partly after headwork n., and partly after handworker n. †1. The chief provider of something. Cf. worker n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood > one who maintainera1450 provisora1475 provider1616 sustentationa1631 head-worker1640 support1677 breadwinner1783 family head2002 1640 W. Gilbert Architectonice Consolationis 7 The Holy Ghost is the Head-worker of Comfort. 2. A person whose job chiefly involves intellectual work or thinking, as opposed to manual labour; a thinker. Cf. handworker n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > one who works with his brains head-worker1829 brain-worker1844 knowledge worker1962 1829 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 15 Aug. 146/1 Head-workers, in particular, have uniformly bad digestions. 1867 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 379/1 The head worker is not equally fitted to be a hand worker. 1921 H. Diemer et al. What is Production & Why? 48 The foreman is more of a headworker than a handworker, altho generally he is able to ‘get his hand in’ when necessary. 1946 E. Taylor Palladian vii. 69 ‘They've got their own ways of being busy. Up here,’ said Nanny, tapping her forehead. ‘Where'd we be if it wasn't for the head-workers?’ 1995 Independent on Sunday 12 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 47/4 The child who catches the bug for reasoned thinking early is surely the kind of ‘flexible’ head-worker that prophets of 21st-century capitalism are clamouring for. 3. A worker who manages or is in charge of other workers. In later use chiefly U.S.: (the title or position of) a person who manages a settlement house or other community organization. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who is in charge gaffera1658 old man1668 governor1783 head woman1799 boss1806 oyakata1818 guv'nor1843 head-worker1846 jossc1860 Guv1861 Maluka1905 big guy1921 skip1921 kingfish1930 boss-man1934 pitch-and-toss1942 honcho1945 head honcho1952 1846 E. Marshall Rose, or Affection's Gift 92 It was arranged he should be..placed under the charge of his uncle, the head worker in one of the principal watchmaking establishments of that city. 1886 Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans) 18 Feb. 3/2 A Christian she was and head worker in our Sunday School. 1910 Pop Sci. Monthly Oct. 375 Jane Adams,..founder and head worker of the Hull House Settlement. 1927 S. Nearing & J. Hardy Econ. Organization Soviet Union xi. 178 The conferences..have been the means of raising thousands of workers to posts of greater responsibility, such as to head-workers and to foremen. 1975 R. P. Ingalls H. H. Lehman & N.Y.'s Little New Deal viii. 188 From 1910 to 1913, he interrupted his practice to serve as head worker of the United Neighborhood Guild. 2011 P. A. Dowden-White Groping toward Democracy v. 184 During her tenure as head worker (1912–1924), a continuous stream of callers were in and out of her office all day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1640
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