英语词汇“worker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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worker: co-worker, nonworker, workers+/co-worker: co-workers/nonworker: nonworkers/overwork: overworked, overworking, overworks/rework: reworked, reworking, reworks/unworkable: unworkably/work: overwork, rework, workable, worked, worker, working, works/workable: unworkable, workably/working: workings/works: workss

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The radio said 25 frightened workers locked themselves inside offices when migrants set fires outside the center.

Seattle Times(Jan 03, 2017)

The nation entered the Year of the Monkey with industry deep in deflation and firms rapidly shedding workers.

Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017)

For now, workers manicure the golf course’s empty greens.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

1n a person who works at a specific occupation

he is a good worker

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nonworker

a person who does nothing

Floyd Bennett

United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)

Louis Bleriot

French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936)

Gianbattista Bodoni

Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)

Thomas Bowdler

English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)

William Bradford

United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)

Ralph Johnson Bunche

United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971)

William Caxton

English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)

James McKeen Cattell

American psychologist and editor (1860-1944)

Jacqueline Cochran

United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)

Damocles

the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

James Harold Doolittle

United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)

Comtesse Du Barry

courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

John Foster Dulles

United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)

Albrecht Durer

a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528)

Amelia Earhart

first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)

Ezra

a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem

Fannie Merritt Farmer

an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)

Benjamin Franklin

printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)

John Kenneth Galbraith

United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)

Isabella Stewart Gardner

United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)

Edmund Charles Edouard Genet

French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

Frederic William Goudy

United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947)

Huig de Groot

Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)

Johannes Gutenberg

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold

Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)

William Averell Harriman

United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)

Townsend Harris

United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)

Sir John Hawkins

English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)

William Hogarth

English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)

Holbein the Younger

German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)

Irving Howe

United States editor (1920-1993)

Howard Robard Hughes

United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)

Cordell Hull

United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)

John Jay

United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

Henry Alfred Kissinger

United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)

Le Duc Tho

Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)

Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps

French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)

Trygve Halvden Lie

Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

Charles Augustus Lindbergh

United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)

Andrea Mantegna

Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506)

William Mitchell

United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)

Josef Michel Montgolfier

French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)

Jacques Etienne Montgolfier

French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)

William Morris

English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)

Nimrod

(Old Testament) a famous hunter

Sir Harold George Nicolson

English diplomat and author (1886-1968)

Thomas Nelson Page

United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)

Wiley Post

United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)

Sir Walter Raleigh

English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

Samson

(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah

Alexander Selcraig

Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)

Josiah Spode

English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827)

Adlai Ewing Stevenson

United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968)

Sir John Suckling

English poet and courtier (1609-1642)

Seth Thomas

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

Kurt Waldheim

Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)

Josiah Wedgwood

English potter (1730-1795)

Paul Bunyan

a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada

Ali Baba

the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment

Ethan Allen

a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)

Chevalier de Bayard

French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)

Cesare Borgia

Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)

Warren Earl Burger

United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)

Richard Evelyn Byrd

explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)

Salmon Portland Chase

United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

Thomas Chippendale

a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)

Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac

a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)

Stephen Decatur

United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)

Admiral Dewey

a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War

Alfred Dreyfus

French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

Oliver Ellsworth

United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807)

David Glasgow Farragut

United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)

Melville Weston Fuller

United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)

Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko

Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989)

Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson

United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)

Charles Evans Hughes

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)

Isaac Hull

United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843)

Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros

prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)

Joseph

(New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko

Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier

French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)

Thomas Edward Lawrence

Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)

Lighthorse Harry Lee

soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914)

John Marshall

United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)

Mohammed Ali

Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)

Daniel Morgan

soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)

Chester William Nimitz

United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)

Sir Henry Percy

English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)

Juan Domingo Peron

Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974)

Matthew Calbraith Perry

United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)

William Hubbs Rehnquist

United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973)

Hyman George Rickover

United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)

John Rutledge

United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)

Jan Christian Smuts

South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)

Harlan Fisk Stone

United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)

Tancred

Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)

Roger Brooke Taney

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)

Tomas de Torquemada

the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)

Frederick Moore Vinson

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)

Morrison Remick Waite

United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888)

Earl Warren

United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)

Edward Douglas White Jr.

United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)

John Paul Jones

American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

Captain Kidd

Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701)

Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding

British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

Sir Arthur Travers Harris

British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)

Duc d'Elchingen

French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)

Oliver Hazard Perry

United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)

Hermann Maurice Saxe

a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

Gnaeus Julius Agricola

Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)

Alcibiades

ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)

Antigonus Cyclops

a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC)

Marcus Antonius

Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

Benedict Arnold

United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)

Belisarius

Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians

Belshazzar

(Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC)

Captain Bligh

British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)

El Libertador

Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)

Omar Nelson Bradley

United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)

Braxton Bragg

Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)

Gentleman Johnny

British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)

Ambrose Everett Burnside

United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)

Gaius Julius Caesar

conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

Chiang Chung-cheng

Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)

First Duke of Marlborough

English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)

Mark Wayne Clark

United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)

Karl von Clausewitz

Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)

Lucius DuBignon Clay

United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)

Baron Clive of Plassey

British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)

First Marquess Cornwallis

commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

Oliver Cromwell

English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)

Butcher Cumberland

English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

George Armstrong Custer

United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)

Moshe Dayan

Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981)

Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle

French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)

Demetrius Poliorcetes

son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)

Sir Francis Drake

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

Dwight David Eisenhower

United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)

Prince Eugene of Savoy

Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

Gaius Flaminius

Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)

Francisco Franco

Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)

Ulysses Simpson Grant

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

Leslie Richard Groves

United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)

Hannibal

general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)

Hasdrubal

general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC)

Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg

German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)

Holofernes

(Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith

Fighting Joe Hooker

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)

Samuel Houston

United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)

Andrew Jackson

7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)

Thomas Jonathan Jackson

general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)

Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre

French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931)

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891)

Joseph ben Matthias

Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)

First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum

British field marshal (1850-1916)

Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov

Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813)

Robert Edward Lee

American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

Lucius Licinius Lucullus

Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC)

Lucius Licinius Luculus

Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC)

Lysander

Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)

Lysimachus

Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)

Douglas MacArthur

United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964)

George Catlett Marshall

United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)

George Gordon Meade

United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872)

Miltiades

Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)

1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)

Napoleon Bonaparte

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

Viscount Nelson

English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)

John Joseph Pershing

United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948)

George Edward Pickett

American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875)

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

Colin luther Powell

United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur

French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)

Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt

German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major

Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)

Winfield Scott

United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)

Seleucus I Nicator

Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC)

William Tecumseh Sherman

United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)

Siraj-ud-daula

Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)

Joseph Warren Stilwell

United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)

Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein

Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)

President Washington

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

Archibald Percival Wavell

British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)

Mad Anthony Wayne

American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796)

First Duke of Wellington

British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)

Xenophon

Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)

Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)

Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov

Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974)

caster

a worker who casts molten metal into finished products

finisher

a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process

assistant, help, helper, supporter

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

beater

a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter

bill poster, bill sticker, poster

someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards

bleacher

a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)

boater, boatman, waterman

someone who drives or rides in a boat

carter

someone whose work is driving carts

charcoal burner

a worker whose job is to make charcoal

accumulator, collector, gatherer

a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

comber

a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool

cornhusker

a worker who husks corn

driver

someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle

employable

a person who is qualified and ready to work

employee

a worker who is hired to perform a job

free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

gutter

a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

hanger

a worker who hangs something

lamplighter

(when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights

melter

a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)

moonlighter

a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)

mopper

a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface

muzzler

someone who muzzles animals

nailer

a worker who attaches something by nailing it

oiler

a worker who oils engines or machinery

part-timer

someone who works less than the customary or standard time

peeler

a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables

planter

a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground

plier, plyer

someone who plies a trade

processor

someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)

pruner, trimmer

a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs

dragger, puller, tugger

someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something

quarrier, quarryman

a man who works in a quarry

ragsorter

a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking)

blackleg, rat, scab, strikebreaker

someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

scrubber

a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)

seasonal, seasonal worker

a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons

retainer, servant

a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

sheller

a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters)

shelver

a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves

shingler

a worker who shingles roofs

shoveler, shoveller

a worker who shovels

skidder

a worker who uses a skid to move logs

skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

a worker who has acquired special skills

hard worker, slave, striver

someone who works as hard as a slave

solderer

a worker who joins or mends with solder

splicer

a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands

splitter

a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

stainer

a worker who stains (wood or fabric)

stemmer

a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers

stringer

a worker who strings

sprigger, stemmer, stripper

a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

tacker

a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)

tapper

a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads

teaser

a worker who teases wool

temp, temporary, temporary worker

a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

toiler

one who works strenuously

thrower, throwster

a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn

tier, tier up

a worker who ties something

tiler

a worker who lays tile

topper

a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)

topper

a worker who makes or adds the top to something

trade unionist, union member, unionist

a worker who belongs to a trade union

twiner

someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing

unpaid worker, volunteer

a person who performs voluntary work

wallah

usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing

washer

someone who washes things for a living

winder

a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)

wiper

a worker who wipes

working girl

a young woman who is employed

workmate

a fellow worker

coadjutor

an assistant to a bishop

accomplice, confederate

a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

aide, auxiliary

someone who acts as assistant

aquanaut, oceanaut

a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research

armorer, armourer

a worker skilled in making armor or arms

attendant, attender, tender

someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer

someone who operates an aircraft

baker, bread maker

someone who bakes bread or cake

balloonist

someone who flies a balloon

barkeep, barkeeper, barman, bartender, mixologist

an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

bat boy

(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment

body servant

a valet or personal maid

breaker, ledgeman

a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone

butcher, slaughterer

a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

cabin boy

a young man acting as a servant on a ship

calligrapher, calligraphist

someone skilled in penmanship

candy striper

a volunteer worker in a hospital

canoeist, paddler

someone paddling a canoe

charioteer

the driver of a chariot

clerk

an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

coachman

a man who drives a coach (or carriage)

coiner, minter, moneyer

a skilled worker who coins or stamps money

company man

an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers

conductor

the person who collects fares on a public conveyance

cook

someone who cooks food

copyist, scribe, scrivener

someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

copywriter

a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy

artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman

a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

crewman

a member of a work crew

crew member, crewman

a member of a flight crew

cutter

someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman

someone employed to make deliveries

dental assistant

an assistant to a dentist

dental hygienist

someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)

deputy, lieutenant

an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant

someone employed to provide service in a dining room

dispatcher

employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service

dog catcher

an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats

domestic, domestic help, house servant

a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

draftsman, draftsperson, draughtsman

a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines

actor's assistant, dresser

a wardrobe assistant for an actor

dyer

someone whose job is to dye cloth

editor, editor in chief

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

electrician, lineman, linesman

a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines

engraver

a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching

aesthetician, esthetician

a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.)

event planner

someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)

facilitator

someone who makes progress easier

factotum

a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

familiar

a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

ferryman

a man who operates a ferry

fisher, fisherman

someone whose occupation is catching fish

floater

an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed

floorwalker, shopwalker

an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems

flower girl

a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession

founder

a worker who makes metal castings

framer

someone who makes frames (as for pictures)

fumigator

someone whose job is to fumigate

galvaniser, galvanizer

a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc

gardener

someone employed to work in a garden

gasman

someone employed by a gas company

gilder

someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt

girl Friday

a female assistant who has a range of duties

gleaner

someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

gofer

an employee whose duties include running errands

gondolier, gondoliere

a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola

grip

worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

harpooneer, harpooner

someone who launches harpoons

enforcer, hatchet man

one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior

hire

a newly hired employee

hired help

employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)

hireling, pensionary

a person who works only for money

hunter, huntsman

someone who hunts game

indexer

someone who provides an index

cat's-paw, instrument, pawn

a person used by another to gain an end

jobholder

an employee who holds a regular job

birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice

an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes

flunkey, flunky, lackey

a male servant (especially a footman)

laminator

a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)

lasher

a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip

line worker

an employee who works on an assembly line

liveryman

a worker in a livery stable

lobsterman

a person whose occupation is catching lobsters

lockkeeper, lockman, lockmaster

a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)

underboss

an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)

mahout

the driver and keeper of an elephant

major-domo, seneschal

the chief steward or butler of a great household

fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

manservant

a man servant

fixer, mender, repairer

a skilled worker who mends or repairs things

menial

a domestic servant

model, poser

a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician, undertaker

one whose business is the management of funerals

mounter

a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.

oarsman, rower

someone who rows a boat

office boy

a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office

functionary, official

a worker who holds or is invested with an office

oilman

a worker who produces or sells petroleum

lens maker, optician

a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision

organization man

an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization

painter

a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint

paraprofessional

a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional

perfecter

a skilled worker who perfects something

phlebotomist

someone who practices phlebotomy

plaiter

someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)

plasterer

a worker skilled in applying plaster

plater

a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)

pledge taker

a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive

Pullman porter, porter

a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

potboy, potman

a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores

powder monkey

someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)

power worker, power-station worker

a worker at a power station

pressman, printer

someone whose occupation is printing

projectionist

the person who operates the projector in a movie house

prompter, theater prompter

someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech

public servant

someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)

punter

someone who propels a boat with a pole

refiner

one whose work is to refine a specific thing

preserver, refinisher, renovator, restorer

a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture

registrar

a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company

rent collector

a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner

chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man

the most helpful assistant

riveter, rivetter

a worker who inserts and hammers rivets

router

a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery

crewman, sailor

any member of a ship's crew

sales rep, sales representative, salesperson

a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)

sandwichman

a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders

scullion

a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)

secretarial assistant, secretary

an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

servant girl, serving girl

a girl who is a servant

man, military man, military personnel, serviceman

someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

shearer

a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals

sidesman

(Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church

skinner

a person who prepares or deals in animal skins

metalworker, smith

someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)

smith

someone who works at something specified

spotter

a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)

spotter

a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots

staff member, staffer

an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)

stage technician, stagehand

an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production

stitcher

a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps

stock-taker, stocktaker

an employee whose job is to take inventory

cutter, stonecutter

someone who cuts or carves stone

foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling

an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

sweeper

an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

teamster

the driver of a team of horses doing hauling

technician

someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process

toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollgatherer, tollkeeper, tollman

someone employed to collect tolls

railroad man, railroader, railway man, railwayman, trainman

an employee of a railroad

piano tuner, tuner

someone who tunes pianos

turncock

one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off

turner

a lathe operator

turtler

someone whose occupation is hunting turtles

typist

someone paid to operate a typewriter

vigilance man, vigilante

member of a vigilance committee

voicer

someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes

vulcaniser, vulcanizer

someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency

waggoner, wagoner

the driver of a wagon

wall-paperer, wallpaperer

a worker who papers walls

laundryman, washerman

operates industrial washing machine

laundress, laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman

a working woman who takes in washing

water boy, waterer

an assistant who supplies drinking water

whipper-in

huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds

window washer

someone who washes windows

wireman, wirer

a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring

working man, working person, workingman, workman

an employee who performs manual or industrial labor

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

a human being

2n sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae

Hypo|Hyper

soldier

a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony

worker bee

sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive

insect

small air-breathing arthropod

3n a person who acts and gets things done

he's a miracle worker

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

actor, doer

demon

someone extremely diligent or skillful

busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie, sharpy

an alert and energetic person

animator, energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer

someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people

ball of fire, go-getter, whiz-kid, whizz-kid

someone whose career progresses rapidly

man of action, man of deeds

someone inclined to act first and think later

ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo, powerhouse

a highly energetic and indefatigable person

goffer, gopher

a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

self-starter

an energetic person with unusual initiative

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

a human being

4n a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

workers of the world--unite!

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

prole, proletarian

dogsbody

a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do

common man, common person, commoner

a person who holds no title

单词	worker
释义	worker (once / 99 pages) n WORD FAMILY worker: co-worker, nonworker, workers+/co-worker: co-workers/nonworker: nonworkers/overwork: overworked, overworking, overworks/rework: reworked, reworking, reworks/unworkable: unworkably/work: overwork, rework, workable, worked, worker, working, works/workable: unworkable, workably/working: workings/works: workss USAGE EXAMPLES The radio said 25 frightened workers locked themselves inside offices when migrants set fires outside the center. Seattle Times(Jan 03, 2017) The nation entered the Year of the Monkey with industry deep in deflation and firms rapidly shedding workers. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) For now, workers manicure the golf course’s empty greens. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a person who works at a specific occupation he is a good worker Ant\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper nonworker a person who does nothing Floyd Bennett United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928) Louis Bleriot French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936) Gianbattista Bodoni Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813) Thomas Bowdler English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) William Bradford United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752) Ralph Johnson Bunche United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) William Caxton English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491) James McKeen Cattell American psychologist and editor (1860-1944) Jacqueline Cochran United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980) Damocles the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC) James Harold Doolittle United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) Comtesse Du Barry courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793) John Foster Dulles United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959) Albrecht Durer a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528) Amelia Earhart first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937) Ezra a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem Fannie Merritt Farmer an expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915) Benjamin Franklin printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) John Kenneth Galbraith United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908) Isabella Stewart Gardner United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924) Edmund Charles Edouard Genet French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834) Frederic William Goudy United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947) Huig de Groot Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645) Johannes Gutenberg German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961) William Averell Harriman United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986) Townsend Harris United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878) Sir John Hawkins English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595) William Hogarth English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764) Holbein the Younger German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543) Irving Howe United States editor (1920-1993) Howard Robard Hughes United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976) Cordell Hull United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955) John Jay United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) Henry Alfred Kissinger United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923) Le Duc Tho Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990) Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894) Trygve Halvden Lie Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) Charles Augustus Lindbergh United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974) Andrea Mantegna Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506) William Mitchell United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) Josef Michel Montgolfier French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810) Jacques Etienne Montgolfier French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) William Morris English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) Nimrod (Old Testament) a famous hunter Sir Harold George Nicolson English diplomat and author (1886-1968) Thomas Nelson Page United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922) Wiley Post United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935) Sir Walter Raleigh English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962) Samson (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah Alexander Selcraig Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721) Josiah Spode English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827) Adlai Ewing Stevenson United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968) Sir John Suckling English poet and courtier (1609-1642) Seth Thomas United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859) Kurt Waldheim Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918) Josiah Wedgwood English potter (1730-1795) Paul Bunyan a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada Ali Baba the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment Ethan Allen a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789) Chevalier de Bayard French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524) Cesare Borgia Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507) Warren Earl Burger United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) Richard Evelyn Byrd explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) Salmon Portland Chase United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) Thomas Chippendale a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779) Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655) Stephen Decatur United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820) Admiral Dewey a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War Alfred Dreyfus French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935) Oliver Ellsworth United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807) David Glasgow Farragut United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870) Melville Weston Fuller United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910) Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989) Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911) Charles Evans Hughes United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948) Isaac Hull United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843) Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517) Joseph (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) Thomas Edward Lawrence Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935) Lighthorse Harry Lee soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) Alfred Thayer Mahan United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914) John Marshall United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835) Mohammed Ali Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849) Daniel Morgan soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) Chester William Nimitz United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966) Sir Henry Percy English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403) Juan Domingo Peron Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974) Matthew Calbraith Perry United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858) William Hubbs Rehnquist United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924) Edward Vernon Rickenbacker the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973) Hyman George Rickover United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986) John Rutledge United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800) Jan Christian Smuts South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950) Harlan Fisk Stone United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) William Howard Taft 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930) Tancred Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112) Roger Brooke Taney United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864) Tomas de Torquemada the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498) Frederick Moore Vinson United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953) Morrison Remick Waite United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888) Earl Warren United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) Edward Douglas White Jr. United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921) John Paul Jones American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) Captain Kidd Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701) Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) Sir Arthur Travers Harris British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) Duc d'Elchingen French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815) Oliver Hazard Perry United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819) Hermann Maurice Saxe a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750) Gnaeus Julius Agricola Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93) Alcibiades ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC) Antigonus Cyclops a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC) Marcus Antonius Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC) Benedict Arnold United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801) Belisarius Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians Belshazzar (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC) Captain Bligh British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817) El Libertador Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) Omar Nelson Bradley United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981) Braxton Bragg Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876) Gentleman Johnny British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792) Ambrose Everett Burnside United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881) Gaius Julius Caesar conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) Chiang Chung-cheng Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975) First Duke of Marlborough English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722) Mark Wayne Clark United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984) Karl von Clausewitz Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831) Lucius DuBignon Clay United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) Baron Clive of Plassey British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) First Marquess Cornwallis commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805) Oliver Cromwell English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) Butcher Cumberland English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765) George Armstrong Custer United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) Moshe Dayan Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) Demetrius Poliorcetes son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC) Sir Francis Drake English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) Dwight David Eisenhower United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) Prince Eugene of Savoy Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) Gaius Flaminius Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC) Francisco Franco Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) Giuseppe Garibaldi Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) Ulysses Simpson Grant 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) Leslie Richard Groves United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970) Hannibal general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC) Hasdrubal general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC) Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934) Holofernes (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith Fighting Joe Hooker United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) Samuel Houston United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863) Andrew Jackson 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845) Thomas Jonathan Jackson general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931) Joseph Eggleston Johnston Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891) Joseph ben Matthias Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum British field marshal (1850-1916) Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813) Robert Edward Lee American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) Lucius Licinius Lucullus Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC) Lucius Licinius Luculus Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC) Lysander Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC) Lysimachus Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC) Douglas MacArthur United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964) George Catlett Marshall United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) George Gordon Meade United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872) Miltiades Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489) 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976) Napoleon Bonaparte French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) Viscount Nelson English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805) John Joseph Pershing United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948) George Edward Pickett American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) Colin luther Powell United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807) Erwin Rommel German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944) Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) Winfield Scott United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866) Seleucus I Nicator Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC) William Tecumseh Sherman United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891) Siraj-ud-daula Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757) Joseph Warren Stilwell United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946) Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC) Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634) President Washington 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) Archibald Percival Wavell British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950) Mad Anthony Wayne American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796) First Duke of Wellington British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852) Xenophon Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC) Isoroku Yamamoto Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943) Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974) caster a worker who casts molten metal into finished products finisher a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process assistant, help, helper, supporter a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose beater a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter bill poster, bill sticker, poster someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards bleacher a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) boater, boatman, waterman someone who drives or rides in a boat carter someone whose work is driving carts charcoal burner a worker whose job is to make charcoal accumulator, collector, gatherer a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) comber a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool cornhusker a worker who husks corn driver someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle employable a person who is qualified and ready to work employee a worker who is hired to perform a job free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them gutter a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) hanger a worker who hangs something lamplighter (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights melter a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.) moonlighter a person who holds a second job (usually after hours) mopper a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface muzzler someone who muzzles animals nailer a worker who attaches something by nailing it oiler a worker who oils engines or machinery part-timer someone who works less than the customary or standard time peeler a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables planter a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground plier, plyer someone who plies a trade processor someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.) pruner, trimmer a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs dragger, puller, tugger someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something quarrier, quarryman a man who works in a quarry ragsorter a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking) blackleg, rat, scab, strikebreaker someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike scrubber a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck) seasonal, seasonal worker a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons retainer, servant a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) sheller a worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters) shelver a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves shingler a worker who shingles roofs shoveler, shoveller a worker who shovels skidder a worker who uses a skid to move logs skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker a worker who has acquired special skills hard worker, slave, striver someone who works as hard as a slave solderer a worker who joins or mends with solder splicer a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands splitter a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone stainer a worker who stains (wood or fabric) stemmer a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers stringer a worker who strings sprigger, stemmer, stripper a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books tacker a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding) tapper a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads teaser a worker who teases wool temp, temporary, temporary worker a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis toiler one who works strenuously thrower, throwster a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn tier, tier up a worker who ties something tiler a worker who lays tile topper a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.) topper a worker who makes or adds the top to something trade unionist, union member, unionist a worker who belongs to a trade union twiner someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing unpaid worker, volunteer a person who performs voluntary work wallah usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing washer someone who washes things for a living winder a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) wiper a worker who wipes working girl a young woman who is employed workmate a fellow worker coadjutor an assistant to a bishop accomplice, confederate a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) aide, auxiliary someone who acts as assistant aquanaut, oceanaut a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research armorer, armourer a worker skilled in making armor or arms attendant, attender, tender someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer someone who operates an aircraft baker, bread maker someone who bakes bread or cake balloonist someone who flies a balloon barkeep, barkeeper, barman, bartender, mixologist an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar bat boy (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment body servant a valet or personal maid breaker, ledgeman a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone butcher, slaughterer a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market cabin boy a young man acting as a servant on a ship calligrapher, calligraphist someone skilled in penmanship candy striper a volunteer worker in a hospital canoeist, paddler someone paddling a canoe charioteer the driver of a chariot clerk an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) coachman a man who drives a coach (or carriage) coiner, minter, moneyer a skilled worker who coins or stamps money company man an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers conductor the person who collects fares on a public conveyance cook someone who cooks food copyist, scribe, scrivener someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts copywriter a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft crewman a member of a work crew crew member, crewman a member of a flight crew cutter someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments) deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman someone employed to make deliveries dental assistant an assistant to a dentist dental hygienist someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays) deputy, lieutenant an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant someone employed to provide service in a dining room dispatcher employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service dog catcher an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats domestic, domestic help, house servant a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household draftsman, draftsperson, draughtsman a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines actor's assistant, dresser a wardrobe assistant for an actor dyer someone whose job is to dye cloth editor, editor in chief a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) electrician, lineman, linesman a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines engraver a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching aesthetician, esthetician a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) event planner someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) facilitator someone who makes progress easier factotum a servant employed to do a variety of jobs familiar a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support ferryman a man who operates a ferry fisher, fisherman someone whose occupation is catching fish floater an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed floorwalker, shopwalker an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems flower girl a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession founder a worker who makes metal castings framer someone who makes frames (as for pictures) fumigator someone whose job is to fumigate galvaniser, galvanizer a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc gardener someone employed to work in a garden gasman someone employed by a gas company gilder someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt girl Friday a female assistant who has a range of duties gleaner someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully gofer an employee whose duties include running errands gondolier, gondoliere a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola grip worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made harpooneer, harpooner someone who launches harpoons enforcer, hatchet man one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior hire a newly hired employee hired help employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively) hireling, pensionary a person who works only for money hunter, huntsman someone who hunts game indexer someone who provides an index cat's-paw, instrument, pawn a person used by another to gain an end jobholder an employee who holds a regular job birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes flunkey, flunky, lackey a male servant (especially a footman) laminator a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates) lasher a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip line worker an employee who works on an assembly line liveryman a worker in a livery stable lobsterman a person whose occupation is catching lobsters lockkeeper, lockman, lockmaster a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) underboss an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) mahout the driver and keeper of an elephant major-domo, seneschal the chief steward or butler of a great household fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model a woman who wears clothes to display fashions manservant a man servant fixer, mender, repairer a skilled worker who mends or repairs things menial a domestic servant model, poser a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician, undertaker one whose business is the management of funerals mounter a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. oarsman, rower someone who rows a boat office boy a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office functionary, official a worker who holds or is invested with an office oilman a worker who produces or sells petroleum lens maker, optician a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision organization man an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization painter a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint paraprofessional a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional perfecter a skilled worker who perfects something phlebotomist someone who practices phlebotomy plaiter someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.) plasterer a worker skilled in applying plaster plater a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold) pledge taker a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive Pullman porter, porter a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) potboy, potman a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores powder monkey someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) power worker, power-station worker a worker at a power station pressman, printer someone whose occupation is printing projectionist the person who operates the projector in a movie house prompter, theater prompter someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech public servant someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment) punter someone who propels a boat with a pole refiner one whose work is to refine a specific thing preserver, refinisher, renovator, restorer a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture registrar a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company rent collector a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man the most helpful assistant riveter, rivetter a worker who inserts and hammers rivets router a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery crewman, sailor any member of a ship's crew sales rep, sales representative, salesperson a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) sandwichman a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders scullion a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing) secretarial assistant, secretary an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization servant girl, serving girl a girl who is a servant man, military man, military personnel, serviceman someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force shearer a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals sidesman (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church skinner a person who prepares or deals in animal skins metalworker, smith someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) smith someone who works at something specified spotter a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) spotter a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots staff member, staffer an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) stage technician, stagehand an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production stitcher a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps stock-taker, stocktaker an employee whose job is to take inventory cutter, stonecutter someone who cuts or carves stone foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling an assistant subject to the authority or control of another sweeper an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) teamster the driver of a team of horses doing hauling technician someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process toll agent, toll collector, toll taker, toller, tollgatherer, tollkeeper, tollman someone employed to collect tolls railroad man, railroader, railway man, railwayman, trainman an employee of a railroad piano tuner, tuner someone who tunes pianos turncock one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off turner a lathe operator turtler someone whose occupation is hunting turtles typist someone paid to operate a typewriter vigilance man, vigilante member of a vigilance committee voicer someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes vulcaniser, vulcanizer someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency waggoner, wagoner the driver of a wagon wall-paperer, wallpaperer a worker who papers walls laundryman, washerman operates industrial washing machine laundress, laundrywoman, washerwoman, washwoman a working woman who takes in washing water boy, waterer an assistant who supplies drinking water whipper-in huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds window washer someone who washes windows wireman, wirer a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring working man, working person, workingman, workman an employee who performs manual or industrial labor individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 2n sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae Hypo\|Hyper soldier a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony worker bee sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive insect small air-breathing arthropod 3n a person who acts and gets things done he's a miracle worker Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper actor, doer demon someone extremely diligent or skillful busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie, sharpy an alert and energetic person animator, energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people ball of fire, go-getter, whiz-kid, whizz-kid someone whose career progresses rapidly man of action, man of deeds someone inclined to act first and think later ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo, powerhouse a highly energetic and indefatigable person goffer, gopher a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) self-starter an energetic person with unusual initiative individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 4n a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) workers of the world--unite! Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper prole, proletarian dogsbody a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do common man, common person, commoner a person who holds no title
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