worker : Idioms & Phrases

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brain-worker

  • noun someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems
    brainworker.
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civil rights worker

  • noun a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
    civil rights activist; civil rights leader.
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co-worker

  • noun an associate that one works with
    colleague; workfellow; co-worker.
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construction worker

  • noun a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
    hard hat.
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dock worker

  • noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    dock-walloper; lumper; dockhand; loader; stevedore; dockworker; docker; longshoreman.
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factory worker

  • noun a workman in a mill or factory
    mill-hand.
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farm worker

  • noun a hired hand on a farm
    field hand; fieldhand; farmhand.
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fellow worker

  • noun an associate that one works with
    colleague; workfellow; co-worker.
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garment worker

  • noun a person who makes garments
    garment worker; garmentmaker.
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garment-worker

  • noun a person who makes garments
    garment worker; garmentmaker.
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gold-worker

  • noun an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
    goldsmith; goldworker.
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guest worker

  • noun a person with temporary permission to work in another country
    guestworker.
    • a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists
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hard worker

  • noun someone who works as hard as a slave
    slave; striver.
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industrial workers of the world

  • noun a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
    IWW; I.W.W..
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kurdistan workers party

  • noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
    PPK; Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan; Kurdistan Labor Pary.
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line worker

  • noun an employee who works on an assembly line
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medical social worker

  • noun an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
    almoner.
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miracle worker

  • noun a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles
    miracle man.
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national socialist german workers' party

  • noun the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933
    Nazi Party.
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power worker

  • noun a worker at a power station
    power worker.
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power-station worker

  • noun a worker at a power station
    power worker.
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research worker

  • noun a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
    researcher; investigator.
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seasonal worker

  • noun a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons
    seasonal.
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silver-worker

  • noun someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
    silverworker; silversmith.
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skilled worker

  • noun a worker who has acquired special skills
    skilled workman; skilled worker.
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social worker

  • noun someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
    social worker; caseworker.
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temporary worker

  • noun a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
    temporary; temp.
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trained worker

  • noun a worker who has acquired special skills
    skilled workman; skilled worker.
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united mine workers

  • noun an industrial union of mine workers in North America
    United Mine Workers.
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united mine workers of america

  • noun an industrial union of mine workers in North America
    United Mine Workers.
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unpaid worker

  • noun a person who performs voluntary work
    volunteer.
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welfare worker

  • noun someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
    social worker; caseworker.
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wire-worker

Wire"-work`er noun
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  1. One who manufactures articles from wire.
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wonder-worker

Won"der-work`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who performs wonders, or miracles.
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worker bee

  • noun sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
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