1 (often in compounds) a person who works, especially one who does a particular kind of work:
farm / factory / office workers * rescue / aid / research workers * temporary / part-time / casual workers * manual / skilled / unskilled workers
seealsoGUESTWORKER, SOCIALWORKER
2 a person who is employed to do physical work rather than organizing things or managing people:
Conflict between employers and workers intensified and the number of strikes rose. * talks between workers and management * profit-sharing and worker participation in decision-making
3 (usually after an adjective) a person who works hard or who works in a particular way:
a hard / fast / quick worker
4 a female bee that helps do the work of the group of bees but does not reproduce
compareDRONE, QUEENBEE
IDIOMS see FASTadj.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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