worker
/ˈwɝ.kɚ/ noun A1- One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor. · Near-synonym: employee
- A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program. · This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.
Plural workers
From the library
Sherlock Holmes, for we are both brain-workers.”
Inside was a large room in which fifty workers were carving or moulding.
We do-nothings are the hardest workers in the land.”
You know you _ought_ to love them because they know so much and are such active workers in the church, but you have to keep reminding yourself of it all the time or else you forget.
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