worker

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who works at a particular job, especially physical work.

   The factory employs over a thousand workers.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who works hard or in a particular way.

   She's a fast and reliable worker.

3. 3
   noun

   A member of the working class.

   The union speaks for ordinary workers.

From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

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