Definition of wire-worker in English:

wire-worker

noun ˈwʌɪəˌwəːkə

1A person who works with wire (in any of various ways).
2Chiefly US. A person who pulls the wires of a puppet show. Chiefly figurative: a person who or thing which manipulates or influences others, especially from behind the scenes; compare "wire-puller". Now historical and rare.
3Wire-walker. Now rare.

Late 17th century; earliest use found in untitled. From wire + worker. With sense 1 compare earlier wirework.

nounˈwʌɪəˌwəːkə

1A person who works with wire (in any of various ways).
2Chiefly US. A person who pulls the wires of a puppet show. Chiefly figurative: a person who or thing which manipulates or influences others, especially from behind the scenes; compare "wire-puller". Now historical and rare.
3Wire-walker. Now rare.

Late 17th century; earliest use found in untitled. From wire + worker. With sense 1 compare earlier wirework.

单词	wire-worker
释义	Definition of wire-worker in English: wire-worker noun ˈwʌɪəˌwəːkə 1A person who works with wire (in any of various ways). 2Chiefly US. A person who pulls the wires of a puppet show. Chiefly figurative: a person who or thing which manipulates or influences others, especially from behind the scenes; compare "wire-puller". Now historical and rare. 3Wire-walker. Now rare. Origin Late 17th century; earliest use found in untitled. From wire + worker. With sense 1 compare earlier wirework. Definition of wire-worker in US English: wire-worker nounˈwʌɪəˌwəːkə 1A person who works with wire (in any of various ways). 2Chiefly US. A person who pulls the wires of a puppet show. Chiefly figurative: a person who or thing which manipulates or influences others, especially from behind the scenes; compare "wire-puller". Now historical and rare. 3Wire-walker. Now rare. Origin Late 17th century; earliest use found in untitled. From wire + worker. With sense 1 compare earlier wirework.
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