JOBBER


Meaning of JOBBER in English

ˈjäbə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: job (II) + -er

: one that jobs: as

a.

(1) chiefly Britain : one that buys livestock from farmers and sells to consumers or other dealers

if the jobber comes you can sell the pig — J.M.Synge

(2) : stockjobber

(3) : wholesaler ; specifically : a wholesaler in some trades who operates on a small scale or who sells only to retailers and institutions rather than to other wholesale organizations

b.

(1) : one that works by the job or on job work

(2) : one that contracts with lumbermen to do one or more parts of a logging operation

(3) : job press

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.