worker

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a person who works at a specific occupation
noun a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
noun sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae

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

He is a wonderful worker. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Briefly, he was a worker. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
They are very good workers, sir.' — The Magic City, E. (Edith) Nesbit

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