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wageworker

noun wage·work·er \ˈwāj-ˌwər-kər\

Definition of WAGEWORKER

:  wage earner
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First Known Use of WAGEWORKER

1876

Rhymes with WAGEWORKER

caseworker, dockworker, farmworker, field-worker, glassworker, guest worker, handworker, ironworker, networker, outworker, pieceworker, sex worker, steelworker, tearjerker, timeworker, woodworker

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