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worker.

One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɜː.kə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɝ.kɚ/US

  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 nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp. A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.

    rare

  4. A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

    This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan Old English wyrċan Middle English worchen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English werkere, worchere English worker Inherited from Middle English worchere, werkere, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

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