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Definition: Worker |
WorkerNoun1. A person who works at a specific job; "he is a good worker". 2. A member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!". 3. Sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae. 4. A person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "worker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | This term appears in connection with several subjects: journey-to-work items, class of worker, work status in the past 12 months, weeks worked in the past 12 months, and number of workers in family in the past 12 months. Its meaning varies and, therefore, should be determined in each case by referring to the definition of the subject in which it appears. Related terms: Class of worker, Employed, Journey to work. (references) |
Labor | A general term that includes both the factory and clerical personnel of business and industrial organisations but not employees above the rank of superintendent, i. e. all who are performing direct labour and most of those performing indirect labour. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Any person employed by an employer, including trainees and apprentices but excluding domestic servants. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. It is a measure of the work done by human beings. Modern macro-economics deals with this using the concept of human capital - and some analyses differentiate that further.In general, the word job refers to any discrete activity of economic production. In this sense, a group may divide up a set of tasks among its members, each task being "the job" of the individual it is assigned to.
However, in capitalist societies, the word "job" has become synonymous with "employment". This refers to the long term relationship between a laborer and those who have legal control of the other factors of production. In this sense, laborers talk of "getting a job", or "having a job".
This conceptual metaphor of a "job" as a possession has led to its use in slogans such as "money for jobs, not bombs". Similar conceptions are that of "land" as a possession (real estate) or intellectual rights as a possession (intellectual property). None of the three are recognized in traditional labour economics which emphasizes work, not entitlements or even necessarily royalties, as the basis of rights to receive economic benefits.
Kinds of labour: Telework, Slavery, Free-work
See also Profession, commuter
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Labour (economics)."
Synonyms: WorkerSynonyms: actor (n), doer (n), prole (n), proletarian (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonworker (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agent | Noun: doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator; executor, executrix;Noun: doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator; executor, executrix; practitioner, worker, stager. |
Bad Man | Noun: bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer; sinner; the wicked; bad example. |
Evil doer | Noun: evil doer, evil worker; wrongdoer; mischief-maker, marplot; oppressor, tyrant; destroyer, Vandal; iconoclast. |
Government | Politician, activist; candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal. |
Servant | Maid, maidservant; handmaid; confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette; amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah; nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid; femme de chambre, femme fille; camarista; chef de cuisine,cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella; potwalloper; maid of all work, servant of all work; laundress, bedmaker; journeyman, charwoman; (worker); bearer, chokra, gyp, hamal, scout. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Worker |
| English words defined with "worker": construction worker ♦ power worker, power-station worker ♦ skilled worker ♦ temporary worker, trained worker. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "worker": activities carried out by a worker ♦ ELECTRONICS UTILITY WORKER ♦ Full-time worker ♦ JOURNEY WORKER ♦ LAUNDRY WORKER, DOMESTIC, LAWN-SERVICE WORKER, LAY-OUT WORKER, LEAD WORKER, WAFER POLISHING ♦ MAKING-LINE WORKER ♦ odd-job worker, open-collar worker, outreach worker ♦ SAWMILL WORKER, setup worker, electronics, single purpose outreach worker ♦ terrazzo worker helper, tie-out worker, TIP-OUT WORKER ♦ worker who has recently given birth, worker who is breastfeeding. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You've got worker hands (Mies vailla menneisyyttä; writing credit: Aki Kaurismäki) I answered a personals ad from the Daily Worker. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) You're not a postal worker, are you (Jumanji; writing credit: Greg Taylor) And we got a 50,000 dollar ticket for construction worker peeing off the roof (You've Got Mail; writing credit: Nora Ephron) I'm a terrible worker, I'm the last to arrive and the first to leave (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls) | |
Lyrics | I don't wanna be a worker everyday (We Live; performing artist: Bosson) | |
Clever | Telling the boss what a good worker you are is worth 1%, showing him is worth 96%. (references; author: unknown) I attempted to be a deli worker; but any way I sliced it, I couldn't cut the mustard. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Young Social Worker Speaks Her Mind (1969) The Worker (1965) Industrial Worker (1962) Coir Worker (1961) The Volunteer Worker (1940) | |
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 | This is a cartoon from Harper's Weekly circa 1890. It shows an office worker, whose smoking cigar is drooping from his mouth, reading a sign on the wall: "No Smoking In Offices During Office Hours". The caption reads: "another civic-service outrage. Less smoke and more fire". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | The image shows a construction worker on a construction site, reading a blue print. There are several variations of this slide. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Health worker immunizing a young girl at an immunization clinic. Credit: CDC. |  | CDC laboratory scene. Worker. Credit: CDC. |
 | A restoration worker uses a marine radio on board the Cunan Law to prepare for a site visit. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A worker takes samples at the oil spill site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Deep Worker 2000 -- one man mini-sub deployed from McARTHUR during Sustainable Seas Expedition. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | A Boeing worker checks data during a structural mode interaction test on the X-32B Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator. The X-32B is expected to start short take-off vertical landing flights early next year. (P.; photo by Kevin Flynn).. |
 | Farm worker in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, take samples of manure for analysis. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Worker planting leaf lettuce on furrows protected by weed barrier. Yuma, Az. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
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| "Sky Worker 2" by Igor Kasalovic Commentary: "The piece of machinery aiming to the sky." | "The worker" by Peter Franken Commentary: "One of the sandsculptures from the event in Thorn." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Construction worker using a pneumatic nailgun to nail in walls. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Karl Marx | The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite. |
Peter F. Drucker | The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Whereas the League of Nations has for its object the establishment of universal peace, and such a peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice; And whereas conditions of labour exist involving such injustice, hardship, and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperilled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required: as, for example, by the regulation of the hours of work, including the establishment of a maximum working day and week, the regulation of the labour supply, the prevention of unemployment, the provision of an adequate living wage, the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment, the protection of children, young persons and women, provision for old age and injury, protection of the interests of workers when employed in countries other than their own recognition of the principle of freedom of association, the organisation of vocational and technical education and other measures; Whereas also the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way of other nations which desire to improve the conditions in their own countries; The HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES, moved by sentiments of justice and humanity as well as by the desire to secure the permanent peace of the world, agree to the following: CHAPTER l. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Fantine was moreover only a moderate worker. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He was a good hard worker and would make a good husband |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Your doctor, nurse, or social worker may be able to suggest who to contact. (references) | |
This requires extensive worker training, supervision, and regulatory oversight. (references) | ||
Consult a psychologist, nurse therapist, clinical social worker, or psychiatrist. (references) | ||
Business | An injured worker is entitled to fair compensation. (references) | |
If an accident occurs, a worker is entitled to fair compensation. (references) | ||
Worker congresses are held once or twice a year in all unionized enterprises. (references) | ||
Children | Thailand | The new procedures allow children to testify on videotape and in private surroundings in the presence of a psychologist, psychiatrist, or other social worker. (references) |
Italy | Companies hiring persons with disabilities are granted certain benefits, including lower social security contributions, while the Government pays the cost of worker training. (references) | |
Italy | The 2000 law requires companies having 15 or more employees to hire one or more disabled workers: Those with 15 to 35 employees must hire 1 disabled worker, those with 35 to 50 must hire 2, and in larger companies 7 percent of the work force must consist of persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Panama | On May 9 to 11, in Panama City, student and worker protests over bus fare increases turned violent, with Molotov cocktails, rock throwing, and looting. (references) |
Afghanistan | After the incident, Mullah Omar issued an edict stating that any person causing annoyance to a foreign worker could face punishment of up to 5 years in prison. (references) | |
Colombia | In May 2000, the authorities charged one suspect with the 1999 killings of Roman Catholic priest Jorge Luis Maza and Spanish aid worker Inigo Eguiluz in Choco department. (references) | |
Economic History | Costa Rica | Absenteeism and worker attrition are relatively low. (references) |
Romania | The government adheres to the ILO convention protecting worker rights. (references) | |
Sweden | A National Labor Market Board facilitates worker retraining and mobility. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | In June unknown assailants shot a political party worker in Budgam District, Jammu and Kashmir. (references) |
Uganda | On September 1, LRA terrorists killed one relief worker and four civilians in an ambush in Gulu. (references) | |
Afghanistan | The aid worker and her associates promoted home-based work for women and home schools for girls. (references) | |
Political Economy | Lesotho | Some worker rights were restricted. (references) |
EL SALVADOR | These codes include worker rights protection clauses. (references) | |
PAKISTAN | Police do not hesitate to crack down on worker demonstrations. (references) | |
Trade | Luxembourg | It includes documentation controls, and worker training. (references) |
Burma | In 1989, the United States withdrew Burma's eligibility for benefits under the generalized system of preferences (GSP) due to the absence of internationally recognized worker rights. (references) | |
South Africa | Due to this lack of competitiveness coupled with the high unemployment rate in South Africa, the government has vigorously explored WTO-permissible supply-side measures designed to facilitate worker retraining and technological innovation. (references) | |
Travel | Italy | The permit is then sent to the worker so that he or she may apply for the entry visa. (references) |
Sweden | There is an anecdote that concludes the Swedish worker is the most efficient in the world, unfortunately he only works 8 months a year. (references) | |
Czech Rep | Foreigners are no longer allowed to change their status from tourist to student or worker, or to extend their stay while still in the Czech Republic. (references) | |
Women | Macau | If hospital treatment is required, a medical social worker counsels the victim and informs her about social welfare services. (references) |
Guyana | Magistrates may issue interim protection orders when a victim of abuse, a police officer, or a social worker fills out an application for protection. (references) | |
Kuwait | In August the criminal court postponed hearing the case of an Indonesian domestic worker who was beaten to death with a vacuum cleaner by her female employer. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Workplace-based worker congresses are common. (references) |
Congo | Any worker is free to join a union of his choice. (references) | |
Bahrain | The selection of worker representatives appears to be fair. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
John Hartmann | I'm not sure how the rules are phrased, but in this case the social worker didn't tell them, the police didn't tell them and I asked the social worker who screened me and them and everybody before I was admitted to the room. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Obviously, an employed worker is a better customer than an unemployed worker. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Our automobile industry has overhauled assembly lines, increased worker productivity, and is competitive once again. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | The American worker is the most productive worker in the world. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I think we should seek to advance worker and environmental standards around the world. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Worker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.04% of the time. "Worker" is used about 3,534 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.04% | 3,500 | 2,776 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.96% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,534 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "worker" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Worker | Last name | 200 | 30,873 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "worker": activities carried out by a worker ♦ aid worker ♦ assembly worker ♦ backstage worker ♦ black coated worker ♦ blue collar worker ♦ building worker ♦ campaign worker ♦ case worker ♦ casual worker ♦ casualty worker ♦ child worker ♦ city worker ♦ civil rights worker ♦ communal worker ♦ consruction worker ♦ construction worker ♦ demolition worker ♦ discouraged worker ♦ dislocated worker ♦ dock worker ♦ engineering worker ♦ factory worker ♦ farm worker ♦ federal worker ♦ fellow worker ♦ first aid worker ♦ foreign worker ♦ garment worker ♦ government worker ♦ guest worker ♦ handicapped worker ♦ hard worker ♦ Healthy Worker Effect ♦ home worker ♦ immigrant worker ♦ injured worker ♦ knitting worker ♦ knowledge worker ♦ line worker ♦ maintenance worker ♦ manual worker ♦ medical social worker ♦ metal worker ♦ migrant worker ♦ mill worker ♦ mine worker ♦ miracle worker ♦ office worker ♦ outdoor worker ♦ outreach worker ♦ piece worker ♦ pit worker ♦ political worker ♦ power worker ♦ print worker ♦ qualified worker ♦ railway worker ♦ relief worker ♦ research worker ♦ retired worker ♦ rural worker ♦ salaried worker ♦ seasonal worker ♦ semiskilled worker ♦ shift worker ♦ shock worker ♦ single purpose outreach worker ♦ skilled worker ♦ social worker ♦ specialised worker ♦ steel worker ♦ street worker ♦ subtle worker ♦ temporary worker ♦ textile worker ♦ tobacco worker ♦ trained worker ♦ transient worker ♦ undocumented worker ♦ unpaid worker ♦ unskilled worker ♦ wage worker ♦ welfare worker ♦ white collar worker ♦ wool worker ♦ worker ant ♦ worker bee ♦ worker director ♦ worker of iniquity ♦ worker on the payroll ♦ worker participation ♦ worker union ♦ worker who has recently given birth ♦ worker who is breastfeeding ♦ youth worker. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "worker": worker-client, worker-consciousness, worker-consultation, worker-controlled, worker-convicts, worker-directed, worker-directors, worker-farmer, worker-intelligentsia, worker-led, worker-managed, worker-management, worker-manager, worker-owned, worker-ownership, worker-parkers, worker-participation, worker-peasant, worker-priest, worker-priests, worker-revolutionaries, worker-selection. | |
Ending with "worker": farm-worker, field-worker, leather-worker, mill-worker, Miracle-worker, night-worker. | |
Containing "worker": shop-worker-wary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "worker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | werker (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Albanian | punonjës (employe, employee, plodder), punëtor (employable, hand, hardworking, industrious, laborer, laboring, labourer, labouring, machine-minder, man, toiler, working, workman). (various references) | |
Arabic | العامل (factor, laborer, laborist, labourer, labourist, operative, operator, performer, stiff), الأجير (employee, wage earner), الشغيل (laborer, labourer). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | работник (laborer, labourer, working man, workman), мравка работничка, пчела работничка (nurse). (various references) | |
Chinese | 工人 , 工作者, 工 (craft, labor, profession, skill, trade, work). (various references) | |
Czech | pracovník (laborer, labourer), dìlník (industrialist, laborer, labourer, operative, roustabout). (various references) | |
Danish | arbejder (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Dutch | werker (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman), arbeider (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Esperanto | laborulo (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man), laboristo (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman), laboranto. (various references) | |
Faeroese | arbeiðsmaður (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Farsi | کارگر (Effective, Employee, Labor, Laborer, Operative, Proletarian, Workingman, Workman, Workpeople), عمله (Labor, Laborer), ایجادکننده (Causer), ازکاردرامده . (various references) | |
Finnish | työntekijä (labourer, working man). (various references) | |
French | travailleur (workman), ouvrier (working man, workman). (various references) | |
Frisian | arbeidersman (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman), arbeider (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
German | Arbeiter (blue collar worker, hand, jobber, jobbers, labor, laborer, labour, labourer, labourers, operative, operator, shop, toiler, workers, working man, workman, workmen), Arbeitnehmer (employee, public servant). (various references) | |
Greek | εργάτρια μέλισσα (working-bee), εργάτησ (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, robot, workingman, workman), εργάτης (labourer, workman), εργαζόμενος (working). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פועל (executive, hand, laborer, labourer, operative, operator, workman), עובד (employee, hand, laborer, labourer, workman). (various references) | |
Hungarian | munkás (collator, floater, gutter, hand, laborer, laboring, labourer, labouring, manual labour, munitioner, operative, platter, ready worker, roustabout, shredder, spinner, working, workman). (various references) | |
Icelandic | verkamaður (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pekerja (employee), buruh (coolie, cooly, labourer). (various references) | |
Italian | operaio (hand, laborer, labourer, man, operative, working, working man, workman), lavoratore (laborer, labourer, working). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 働き人 (good worker), 勤務員 (employee), 勤労者 , 工夫 (device, labourer, scheme), 作業員 , 従業員 (employee), 従業員 (employee), 保護委員 (rehabilitation), 働き手 (breadwinner), 職人 (artisan, craftsman, mechanic), ロ長調 (B major, work, work sharing, work song, workaholic, workbench, workbook, working, working couple, working group, working holiday, working lunch, workload, workshop, workstation), 労動者 (laborer), 労動者 (laborer), 労働者 (labourer, workman), 職工 , 職人 (artisan, craftsman, mechanic), 働き手 (able man, able person, breadwinner, supporter). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ワーカー , しょくにん (artisan, craftsman, mechanic), しょっこう (candlepower, weaver), きんろうしゃ, きんむいん (employee), さぎょういん, ほごいいん (rehabilitation), こうふ (announcement, delivering, delivery, furnishing, grant, handingto, labourer, miner, official proclamation, tribute and taxation), ろうどうしゃ (laborer, labourer, workman), じゅうぎょういん (employee), はたらきびと (good worker), はたらきで (able man, able person, breadwinner, supporter), はたらきて (able man, able person, breadwinner, supporter). (various references) | |
Korean | 노동자 (laborer, Workman, Workmen). (various references) | |
Malay | pekerja (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Manx | obbree (agent, employee;practical, factory hand, labourer, proletarian, working, working man, workman), labree (labourer), laboragh (labour). (various references) | |
Papiamen | trahadó (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman), obrero (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orkerway.(various references) | |
Polish | robotnik (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Portuguese | trabalhador (active, blue collar worker, diligent, full-timer, hand, hardworking, industrious, jobber, journeyman, laborer, laboring, laborious, labourer, labouring, operative, painstaking, practician, sedulous, toiler, working, working-man, workman), operário (artisan, blue collar worker, hand, laborer, labourer, operative, operator, workman). (various references) | |
Romanian | proletariat, proletari, muncitorime (workers, workpeople), muncitorii (labor, labour, the workers), muncitor (active, hard working, industrious, Jack, journeyman, laborer, laboring, laborious, labourer, labouring, operative, operose, toiler, working, workman), lucrãtor (active, diligent, hand, industrious, operative, work, working, workman), lucrãtoare, albinã sau furnicã lucrãtoare. (various references) | |
Romany | bookyarnò. (various references) | |
Russian | рабочий (blue-collar worker, bottler, casual labourer, casual worker, full time, half-back-time worker, hand, laborer, laboring, labourer, labouring, man, mudlark, operative, operator, part-time worker, working, working man, workingman, workingmen, workman). (various references) | |
Scottish | oibriche (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | radnik (blue collar worker, jobber, laborer, labourer, workman), radnički (labor, laborer, labour, labourer, workman). (various references) | |
Spanish | obrero (hand, laborer, laboring, labourer, labouring, man, operative, working, working man, workman), trabajador (craftsman, dairyman, daysman, dependant, dependent, employee, hand, hard working, industrious, laborer, labourer, operative, toiler, working, working man, workingman, workman). (various references) | |
Sranan | wrokoman (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Swedish | arbetare (hand, jobber, labor, laborer, labour, labourer, man, operative, workfolk, working man, workman, workmen). (various references) | |
Tagalog | manggagawâ (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้ทำงานที่มาจากประเทศยากจนและเข้าทำงานในประเทศรวยกว่า (guest worker). (various references) | |
Turkish | amele (coolie, hand, hobo, hodman, laborer, labourer, operative, peon, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Turkmen | iюзi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | робітник (blue collar, employee, roustabout, shopman, wage earner, working man, workman), трудівник (plodder), працівник (earner, employee, help, working man, workman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người lao động (toiler), người làm việc thợ. (various references) | |
Welsh | gweithiwr (workman). (various references) | |
Zulu | isisebenzi (hand, laborer, labourer, operative, working man, workman). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | corinthii, corinthiorum, operari, operarii, operariis, operario, operariorum, operarios, operarius. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ceorl. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 10, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En auth de th oikia menete esqionteV kai pinonteV ta par autwn axioV gar o ergathV tou misqou autou estin mh metabainete ex oikiaV eiV oikian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In eadem autem domo manete edentes et bibentes quae apud illos sunt dignus enim est operarius mercede sua nolite transire de domo in domum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Wunigað on þam ylcan huse: and etað and drincað þa þing þe hig habbað; Soðlice se wyrhta is his mede wyrðe; Ne fare ge fram huse to huse. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And dwelle ye in the same hous, etynge and drynkynge tho thingis that ben at hem; for a werk man is worthi his hire. Nyle ye passe from hous in to hous. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And in ye same housse tary still eatinge and drinkinge soche as they have. For the laborer is worthy of his ewarde. Go not fro housse to housse: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 10, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug pagpabilin kamo sa maong balay, nga magakaon ug magainom sa ilang ihatag kaninyo, kay ang mamumoo takus sa pagdawat sa iyang suhol. Ug ayaw kamo pagbalhinbalhin ug puy-anan. |
| Croatian | U toj kuæi ostanite, jedite i pijte što se kod njih naðe. Ta vrijedan je radnik plaæe svoje. Ne prelazite iz kuæe u kuæu." |
| Danish | Men bliver i det samme Hus, spiser og drikker, hvad de have; thi Arbejderen er sin Løn værd. I må ikke flytte fra Hus til Hus |
| Dutch | En blijft in datzelve huis, etende en drinkende, hetgeen van hen voorgezet wordt; want de arbeider is zijn loon waardig; gaat niet over van het ene huis in het andere huis. |
| Finnish | Ja olkaa siinä talossa ja syökää ja juokaa, mitä heillä on tarjota, sillä työmies on palkkansa ansainnut. Älkää siirtykö talosta taloon. |
| French | Demeurez dans cette maison-là, mangeant et buvant ce qu`on vous donnera; car l`ouvrier mérite son salaire. N`allez pas de maison en maison. |
| German | In dem Hause aber bleibet, esset und trinket, was sie haben; denn ein Arbeiter ist seines Lohnes wert. Ihr sollt nicht von einem Hause zum anderen gehen. |
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