| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | non-manual |
| Synonyms: | clerical, executive, office, professional, salaried |
| Main Entry: | clerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
| Synonyms: | agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper, counterperson, employee, notary, office helper, operator, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher, pencil pusher, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesperson, secretary, seller, shopperson, stenographer, teller, transcriber, white collar, worker |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | employee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person being paid for working for another or a corporation |
| Synonyms: | agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, jobholder, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff |
| Main Entry: | worker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is employed |
| Synonyms: | artisan, blue collar, breadwinner, company person, craftsperson, employee, hand, help, laborer, nine-to-fiver, operative, peasant, proletarian, serf, slave, stiff, toiler, trader, tradesperson, wage earner, white collar, working person, working stiff |
| Antonyms: | unemployed |
| Main Entry: | jobholder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employee |
| Synonyms: | agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff |