well-workern.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈwəːkə/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈwərkər/

Forms: see well n.² and worker n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well n.², worker n.

Etymology: < well n.² + worker n. Compare earlier well-working adj., well working n.Compare Old English welwyrcend well-doer ( < well adv. + work v. + -end suffix¹).

rare between 16th and mid 19th centuries, and after early 20th cent.

A person who does good; a virtuous person.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > a doer of good

good doer1340

well-worker1555

benefactora1616

1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman sig. I.iiii^v Lytle good can that manne worke, whiche wil not prayse the labour of well workers.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxv. 13 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 217 As the well-workers, soe the right beleeuers; Lord fauour, further.

1862 J. B. Warren Glimpses Antiq. 25 We touch with gold each homely thing, Well-workers undisguised and pure!

1908 Proc. 8th Ann. Kansas Conf. Charities & Correction 42 To curb or suppress the saloon, the prolific mother of crime, should be the desire of every well-worker under this law.

1914 K. Stephens Greek Spirit 65 That later analyst of Greek polities, Aristotle, conceived the origin of the Greek monarchy in a reward to some well-worker of the people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-worker
释义	well-workern. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈwəːkə/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈwərkər/ Forms: see well n.² and worker n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well n.², worker n. Etymology: < well n.² + worker n. Compare earlier well-working adj., well working n.Compare Old English welwyrcend well-doer ( < well adv. + work v. + -end suffix¹). rare between 16th and mid 19th centuries, and after early 20th cent. A person who does good; a virtuous person. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > a doer of good good doer1340 well-worker1555 benefactora1616 1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman sig. I.iiii^v Lytle good can that manne worke, whiche wil not prayse the labour of well workers. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxv. 13 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 217 As the well-workers, soe the right beleeuers; Lord fauour, further. 1862 J. B. Warren Glimpses Antiq. 25 We touch with gold each homely thing, Well-workers undisguised and pure! 1908 Proc. 8th Ann. Kansas Conf. Charities & Correction 42 To curb or suppress the saloon, the prolific mother of crime, should be the desire of every well-worker under this law. 1914 K. Stephens Greek Spirit 65 That later analyst of Greek polities, Aristotle, conceived the origin of the Greek monarchy in a reward to some well-worker of the people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1555
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