WORKER


Meaning of WORKER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwər-kər ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : one that works especially at manual or industrial labor or with a particular material

a factory worker

— often used in combination

b. : a member of the working class

2. : any of the sexually underdeveloped and usually sterile members of a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites that perform most of the labor and protective duties of the colony

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.