April 27, 2016 Word of the Day
plural workers
A group of workers talking
Definition of WORKER
[count]
1 a : a person who does a particular job to earn money
The company is planning to hire 200 workers.
The average worker earned $1,000 more this year.
office/factory/construction/postal workers
— see also GUEST WORKER, SOCIAL WORKER
b : a person who is actively involved in a particular activity — often used in combination
aid/rescue/research workers
2 : a person whose job does not involve managing other people
If management doesn't make the changes, the workers will go on strike.
3 : a person who works in a particular way
They are both hard/fast/good workers.
4 : a type of bee, ant, etc., that does most of the work in a colony of insects
worker bees
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