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worker |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Worker \Work"er\, n. 1. One who or that which works a laborer; a performer; as a worker in brass. Professors of holiness, but workers of iniquity. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See {Ant}, and {White ant}, under {White}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: worker n 1: a person who works at a specific job; "he is a good worker" [ant: {nonworker}] 2: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!" [syn: {proletarian}, {prole}] 3: sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae 4: a person who acts and gets things done "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" [syn: {actor}, {doer}]
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