worker

• Nom désignant une personne qui effectue un travail ou une tâche, en particulier un travail manuel ou physique.

A noun referring to a person who performs a job or task, especially manual or physical labor.

1. Person who worksA1formal

   A person employed to do a particular type of work, especially manual or physical labor.

   travailleur (personne qui travaille)

   • The factory workers start at 8 AM.
   • She is a hard-working office worker.
   • Construction workers built the new bridge.

   Synonymesemployeehandjobholderlaboreroperativewage earnerworkingmanworkman

2. Employee or laborerA1formal

   Someone who performs tasks for an employer, often in a specific profession.

   travailleur, salarié

   • The social worker helped the family.
   • Farm workers harvest the crops every autumn.
   • He is a skilled metal worker.

   Synonymesemployeehandjobholderlaboreroperativestaff memberwage earnerworkman

   Antonymesbossemployermanagerowner

3. Insect workerB2formal

   A sterile female in a colony of social insects like ants or bees that does work.

   Ouvrière (insecte social)

   • Worker ants gather food for the colony.
   • The bee hive has thousands of worker bees.
   • Worker termites maintain the nest structure.

   Synonymesneuter