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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who works for wages.
  2. n. One whose earnings support or help support a household.

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  1. n. someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone who earn wages in return for their labor

Examples

  • “But Mama, I work hard for Line all hours, weekends and Sundays, I work hard for all of us, for you and Uncle Tashjian and Marian and the kids, I'm the wage earner now that Marian's on her own and I love it, truly I enjoy it, you know I do.”

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