#employee a worker who is hired to perform a job
exclusion: #employer
supertype: #worker a person who works at a specific job; "he is a good worker"
subtype: #bartender__barman__barkeep__mixologist an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
subtype: #barmaid a female bartender
subtype: #publican__tavern_keeper (British) the keeper of a public house
subtype: #tapster a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
subtype: #clerk an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
subtype: #hotel_desk_clerk__desk_clerk__hotel_clerk a hotel receptionist
subtype: #room_clerk a hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to guests
subtype: #file_clerk__filing_clerk__filer a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
subtype: #penpusher__pencil_pusher a clerk who does boring paperwork
subtype: #mapper__plotter a clerk who marks data on a chart
subtype: #postal_clerk__mail_clerk a clerk in a post office
subtype: #settler (British) a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
subtype: #shipping_clerk an employee who ships and receives goods
subtype: #sorter.clerk a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
subtype: #tally_clerk__tallyman one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
subtype: #timekeeper a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
subtype: #company_man__companyman an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers
subtype: #copyist__scrivener someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
subtype: #copywriter a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
subtype: #crewman a member of a work crew
subtype: #deliveryman__delivery_boy__deliverer someone employed to make deliveries
subtype: #newsboy__carrier a boy who delivers newspapers
subtype: #coalman someone who delivers coal
subtype: #grocery_boy__groceryboy a delivery boy for groceries
subtype: #iceman someone who cuts and delivers ice
subtype: #mailman__postman__mail_carrier__letter_carrier__carrier a man who delivers the mail
subtype: #milkman someone who delivers milk
subtype: #paperboy a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
subtype: #dining-room_attendant__restaurant_attendant someone employed to provide service in a dining room
subtype: #busboy__waiter's_assistant a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
subtype: #head_waiter__captain__maitred'hotel a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
subtype: #waiter.dining-room_attendant__server a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
subtype: #carhop a waiter at a drive-in restaurant
subtype: #counterman someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)
subtype: #soda_jerk__soda_jerker someone who works at a soda fountain
subtype: #sommelier__wine_waiter__wine_steward a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
subtype: #waitress a woman waiter
subtype: #bunny_girl__bunnygirl__bunny a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail and ears
subtype: #dispatcher employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
subtype: #yardmaster__trainmaster__train_dispatcher__traindispatcher a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
subtype: #dog_catcher__dogcatcher an employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats
subtype: #floater.employee an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
subtype: #floorwalker__shopwalker an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in England"
subtype: #garbage_man__garbageman__garbage_collector__garbagecollector__refuse_collector__dustman someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
subtype: #gardener someone employed to work in a garden
subtype: #groundsman__groundskeeper someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
subtype: #hedger a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges
subtype: #gasman someone employed by a gas company
subtype: #gofer an employee whose duties include running errands
subtype: #hired_help__hiredhelp employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively)
subtype: #kitchen_help__kitchenhelp help hired to work in the kitchen
subtype: #hireling__pensionary a person who works only for money
subtype: #jobholder an employee who has a regular job
subtype: #wage_earner__earner someone who earn wages in return for their labor
subtype: #breadwinner one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
subtype: #line_worker an employee who works on an assembly line
subtype: #liveryman a worker in a livery stable
subtype: #office_boy a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
subtype: #organization_man an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization
subtype: #Pullman_porter__porter__redcap a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
subtype: #potboy__potman (British) a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
subtype: #public_servant someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment)
subtype: #social_worker__caseworker__welfare_worker__welfareworker someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
subtype: #almoner__medicalsocialworker an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
subtype: #registrar.employee a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
subtype: #salesperson a person employed to sell merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers that are visited)
subtype: #sales_demonstrator__salesdemonstrator__demonstrator someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
subtype: #salesclerk__shop_clerk__clerk a salesperson in a store
subtype: #salesgirl__saleswoman__saleslady a woman salesperson
subtype: #midinette a Parisian salesgirl
subtype: #salesman a man salesperson
subtype: #book_agent a book salesman
subtype: #pitchman an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something
subtype: #traveling_salesman__travelingsalesman__travelling_salesman__commercial_traveler__commercial_traveller__roadman a salesman who travels to call on customers
subtype: #tallyman (Brit) one who sells goods on the installment plan
subtype: #sandwichman a person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders
subtype: #shop_assistant an employee in a shop
subtype: #shop_boy a young male shop assistant
subtype: #shop_girl a young female shop assistant
subtype: #spotter a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
subtype: #spotter.employee a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
subtype: #staff_member__staffmember__staffer an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the United States President's White House staff)
subtype: #stagehand__stagetechnician an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
subtype: #property_man__propman__property_master member of the stage crew in charge of properties
subtype: #sceneshifter__shifter a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
subtype: #sweeper.employee an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
subtype: #tollkeeper__tollman__tollgatherer__toll_collector__tolltaker__toll_agent__toller someone employed to collect tolls
subtype: #trainman__railroader__railroad_man__railwayman__railway_man__railwayman an employee of a railroad
subtype: #brakeman a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
subtype: #signalman a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
subtype: #yardman.trainman worker in a railway yard
subtype: #yardmaster__trainmaster__train_dispatcher__traindispatcher a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
subtype: #turncock one employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off
subtype: #typist someone paid to operate a typewriter
subtype: #touch-typist__touchtypist a skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard
subtype: #workman__working_man__workingman__working_person__workingperson an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
subtype: #excavator a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
subtype: #blaster__chargeman a workman employed to blast with explosives
subtype: #fuller a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
subtype: #gas_fitter__gasfitter a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
subtype: #heaver.workman a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
subtype: #manual_laborer__laborer__labourer someone who works with their hands
subtype: #agricultural_laborer__agricultural_labourer a person who tills the soil for a living
subtype: #peasant one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
subtype: #fellah an agricultural laborer in Arab countries
subtype: #sharecropper__cropper__sharecropfarmer small farmers and tenants
subtype: #cleaner someone whose occupation is cleaning
subtype: #charwoman__char__cleaning_woman__cleaning_lady__woman a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet"
subtype: #chimneysweeper__chimneysweep__sweep someone who cleans soot from chimneys
subtype: #scourer.cleaner someone who cleanses by scouring
subtype: #street_cleaner__street_sweeper a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
subtype: #window_cleaner someone who cleans windows for pay
subtype: #day_laborer__daylaborer__day_labourer__daylabourer a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
subtype: #digger a laborer who digs
subtype: #ditch_digger__ditchdigger__mud_digger__muddigger a laborer who digs ditches
subtype: #trencher.digger someone who digs trenches
subtype: #dishwasher someone who washes dishes
subtype: #peon__drudge__navvy__galleyslave a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
subtype: #gandy_dancer__gandydancer a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
subtype: #gravedigger a person who earns a living by digging graves
subtype: #hewer a person who hews
subtype: #hired_hand__hiredhand__hand__hired_man__hiredman a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
subtype: #ranch_hand__ranchhand a hired had on a ranch
subtype: #cowpuncher__cowboy__puncher__cowman__cattleman__cowpoke__cowhand__cowherd a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
subtype: #bronco_buster a cowboy who breaks broncos to the saddle
subtype: #vaquero__buckaroo local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas; `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
subtype: #cowgirl a woman cowboy
subtype: #gaucho a cowboy of the South American pampas
subtype: #horse_wrangler__horsewrangler__wrangler a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
subtype: #roper a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
subtype: #farmhand__fieldhand__farm_worker a hired hand on a farm
subtype: #dairymaid__milkmaid a woman who works in a dairy
subtype: #dairyman a man who works in a diary
subtype: #farmerette a woman working on a farm
subtype: #gleaner.farmhand someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
subtype: #reaper__harvester someone who helps to gather the harvest
subtype: #vintager a person who harvests grapes for making wine
subtype: #picker someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
subtype: #plowman__ploughman__plower a man who plows
subtype: #waterer someone who waters plants or crops
subtype: #weeder.farmhand a farmhand hired to remove weeds
subtype: #herder__herdsman__drover someone who drives a herd
subtype: #goatherder__goatherd a person who tends a flock of goats
subtype: #sheepherder__shepherd__sheepman a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
subtype: #shepherdess__shepherdes a woman shepherd
subtype: #swineherd__pigman a herder or swine
subtype: #stableman__stableboy__groom__hostler__ostler someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
subtype: #hod_carrier__hodman a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
subtype: #miner__mineworker laborer who works in a mine
subtype: #coal_miner__collier someone who works in a coal mine
subtype: #gold_miner__gold_digger__gold_panner a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
subtype: #forty-niner__fortyniner a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
subtype: #prospector someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
subtype: #sourdough.colonist a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
subtype: #strip_miner a miner who does strip mining
subtype: #muleteer__mule_skinner__mule_driver__skinner a worker who drives mules
subtype: #platelayer__tracklayer a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
subtype: #porter a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
subtype: #rail-splitter__splitter a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
subtype: #sawyer one who is employed to saw wood
subtype: #section_hand__sectionhand a laborer assigned to a section gang
subtype: #sprayer a worker who applies spray to a surface
subtype: #stacker a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
subtype: #stevedore__loader__longshoreman__docker__dockhand__dock_worker__dock-walloper__lumper a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
subtype: #stoker.manual_laborer__fireman a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
subtype: #woodcutter cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
instance: #Ali_Baba
subtype: #wrecker someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
subtype: #housewrecker__housebreaker a wrecker of houses; "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker"
subtype: #knacker.wrecker someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
subtype: #yardman a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
subtype: #lacer a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)
subtype: #lather.workman a workman who puts up laths
subtype: #Luddite one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
subtype: #mill-hand__factory_worker__factoryworker a workman in a mill or factory
subtype: #mill-girl a girl who works in a mill
subtype: #mover.workman workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano"
subtype: #remover (British) someone who works for a moving company
subtype: #packer__bagger__boxer a workman employed to pack things into containers
subtype: #paster a workman who pastes
subtype: #rat-catcher__ratcatcher__disinfestation_officer a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
subtype: #roadman__roadmender a workman who is employed to repair roads
subtype: #roundsman a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
subtype: #scratcher.workman a workman who uses a tool for scratching
subtype: #shearer.workman a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
subtype: #sponger a workman employed to collect sponges
subtype: #stamper a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)
subtype: #utility_man__utilityman a workman expected to serve in any capacity when called on
subtype: #warehouser__warehouseman a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
subtype: #wetter a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
subtype: #cashier__teller__bank_clerk an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
subtype: #managing_director__director__manager someone who controls resources and expenditures
subtype: #bank_manager manager of a branch office of a bank
subtype: #district_manager a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district
subtype: #manageress a woman manager
instance: #Konstantin_Sergeevich_Stanislavsky__Stanislavsky__Konstantin_Stanislavsky__Konstantin_Sergevich_Alekseev
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