worker

Meaning

  1. A person who performs labor for a living, 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.
  4. A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɜː.kə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English werkere, worcher, wercher, equivalent to work + -er. Displaced the older term wright, from Old English wyrhta.

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