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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who works for wages.
- noun One whose earnings support or help support a household.
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- noun someone who works for wages, especially if that wage
supports ahousehold
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who earn wages in return for their labor
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