non-worker

non--work·er

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Definitions of non-worker word

noun non-worker a person or thing that works. 1
noun non-worker a laborer or employee: steel workers. 1
noun non-worker a person engaged in a particular field, activity, or cause: a worker in psychological research; a worker for the Republican Party. 1
noun non-worker Entomology. a member of a caste of sexually underdeveloped, nonreproductive bees, specialized to collect food and maintain the hive. a similar member of a specialized caste of ants, termites, or wasps. 1
noun non-worker Printing. one of a set of electrotyped plates used to print from (contrasted with molder2. ). 1
noun non-worker any of several rollers covered with card clothing that work in combination with the stripper rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers. 1

before 1300

One of the 15% oldest English words

First recorded in 1300-50, worker is from the Middle English word werker, worcher. See work, -er1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".