homeworkern.
/ˈhəʊmˌwəːkə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌwərkər/ A person who works at home, esp. as distinguished from one working in a factory or office.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > at home
homeworker1843
teleworker1977
1843 Fleet Papers 15 Apr. 1 He would encourage the stream of invention to flow from the mill to the cottage, and thereby gradually reduce the congregation of masses of work-people, and increase the home workers.
1860 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 496/2 We watch, then, with a sad interest, the home-workers of Normandy—the united family manufacturing pins or working lace.
1902 A. Ballantyne in T. Oliver Dangerous Trades vii. 98 The home-worker..has been left outside the protecting pale of the Factory Acts.
1973 Guardian 17 Oct. 15/8 Most home workers are women..a classic case of powerless employees.
2004 Independent 15 Dec. 25/3 Every cracker that bangs on your Christmas table will have been assembled by a British homeworker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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