Worker
['wɜːkə] or ['wɝkɚ]
Definition
(noun.) sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae.
(noun.) a person who works at a specific occupation; 'he is a good worker'.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Laborer, workman, operative, artificer.[2]. Doer, performer.[3]. Working-bee.
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Examples
- In the electric shop, motor-driven blowers carry fumes and dust away from the worker and bring fresh air in. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To the party worker the petty and the honest issue are equally disturbing. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But, according to another co-worker, Edison seemed pleased when he used to run up against a serious difficulty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But now a factory and its engines and machines became a vast and costly thing, measured by the scale of the worker's pocket. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And the worker in leather and brass will make them? Plato. The Republic.
- The first socialism was not a worker's movement; it was a master's movement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The worker was henceforth a worker from the cradle to the grave. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The whole history of science shows that it is to the worker that the inspiration comes, and that new ideas develop from old ideas. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- That is his main fault, but on the whole he's a good worker. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And even for the individual worker, the convenient appliances and helps that have been invented have greatly relieved the occupation of pain and drudgery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There are human limitations even for such a tireless worker as he is. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You are a worker, not a dreamer. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- What business had a simple glass-worker to study those texts out of Italy? Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The worker recognized Clym, and Yeobright learnt from the voice that the speaker was Humphrey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Boehm, not forgetting that good friend and co-worker, the late John Kruesi. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Lubbock made drawings for me, with the camera lucida, of the jaws which I dissected from the workers of the several sizes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Under the old regime all workers in a craft were approximately equals in their knowledge and outlook. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Under these new conditions, the workers in many industries found themselves intolerably squeezed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of these workers, relating the strenuous experiences of these few years, says: It was hard work and long hours, but still there were some things that made life pleasant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I began to feel the force of Mr. John Hobson's remark that if practical workers for social and industrial reforms continue to ignore principles . Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There were numerous other workers in the field, but they added nothing to what had already been proposed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He found the English artisans of that time great guzzlers of beer, and influenced some of his co-workers to adopt his ow n more abstinent and hygienic habits of eating and drinking. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Inside was a large room in which fifty workers were carving or moulding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There's no place like America for us workers, Miss Margaret. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The workers may protest, but industrial progress demands the more economic method. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The pressure became so great that the larger establishments ceased their use, and only the small shops, that employed a few workers, were able to continue using the new machine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- How often in great strikes have riots been started in order to prevent the public from listening to the workers' demands! Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Non-workers have no representation in this new Russian state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Presently the workers in the fields returned. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- For example, New York City serves as the center of the garment-making industry for the entire country, there being fully a quarter of a million garment-trade workers in the Greater City. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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