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worker

Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː.kə/

The English word “worker” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
  2. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
  3. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  4. A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English worchere, werkere, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

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