A man who works for wages, esp. in manual or industrial work; (in later use) a working-class man. Also with the as the type of working people or…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] (136) working manOE A man who works for wages, esp. in manual or industrial work; (in later use) a working-class man. Also with the as the type of working people or… workperson1807 A person employed to do (usually manual or industrial) work; a worker. workie1837 More generally: a worker, esp. a manual labourer. Frequently Scottish in later use. worker1848 A member of the working class; (in Marxist or socialist contexts) a producer of wealth, as opposed to a capitalist. Frequently in plural: the… blouse1865 transferred. A French workman. yardie1893 British. A dockyard worker. Cf. workie, n. 2. working stiff1930 slang. A mean, disagreeable, or contemptible person (frequently big stiff). Also jocularly and loosely, a man, a fellow; working stiff, an… Subcategories:— collectively (2) — woman (2) — gang of (14) — manual worker (98) — technician (4) — industrial worker (9) |
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