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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024work•er /ˈwɜrkɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one that works.
- a laborer or employee.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024work•er (wûr′kər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that works.
- a laborer or employee:steel workers.
- a person engaged in a particular field, activity, or cause:a worker in psychological research; a worker for the Republican party.
- Insects[Entomol.]
- a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped, nonreproductive bees, specialized to collect food and maintain the hive. See illus. under bee.
- a similar member of a specialized caste of ants, termites, or wasps.
- Printingone of a set of electrotyped plates used to print from (contrasted with molder).
- any of several rollers covered with card clothing that work in combination with the stripper rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers.
- Middle English werker, worcher. See work, -er1 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: worker /ˈwɜːkə/ n - a person or thing that works, usually at a specific job: a good worker, a research worker
- an employee in an organization, as opposed to an employer or manager
- a manual labourer or other employee working in a manufacturing or other industry
- any other member of the working class
- a sterile female member of a colony of bees, ants, or wasps that forages for food, cares for the larvae, etc
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