English > employee: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A worker who is hired to perform a job. |
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| Narrower | bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist | An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar |
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| clerk | An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) |
| company man | An employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers |
| copyist, scribe, scrivener | someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts |
| copywriter | A person employed to write advertising or publicity copy |
| crewman | A member of a work crew |
| deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer | someone employed to make deliveries |
| dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant | someone employed to provide service in a dining room |
| dispatcher | employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service |
| dog catcher | An employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and cats |
| floater | An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed |
| floorwalker, shopwalker | An employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems |
| gardener | someone employed to work in a garden |
| gasman | someone employed by a gas company |
| gofer | An employee whose duties include running errands |
| hire | A newly hired employee |
| hired help | employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively) |
| hireling, pensionary | A person who works only for money |
| jobholder | An employee who holds a regular job |
| line worker | An employee who works on an assembly line |
| liveryman | A worker in a livery stable |
| office boy | A young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office |
| organization man | An employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization |
| porter, Pullman porter | A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) |
| potboy, potman | A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores |
| public servant | someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment) |
| registrar | A person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company |
| salesperson, sales representative, sales rep | A person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) |
| sandwichman | A person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders |
| spotter | A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) |
| spotter | A worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots |
| staff member, staffer | An employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) |
| stagehand, stage technician | An employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production |
| stocktaker, stock-taker | An employee whose job is to take inventory |
| sweeper | An employee who sweeps / sweeps (floors or streets etc.) |
| tollkeeper, tollman, tollgatherer, toll collector, toll taker, toll agent, toller | someone employed to collect tolls |
| trainman, railroader, railroad man, railwayman, railway man | An employee of a railroad |
| turncock | One employed to control water supply by turning ... / turning water mains on and off |
| typist | someone paid to operate a typewriter |
| workman, workingman, working man, working person | An employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
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| Opposite | employer | A person or firm that employs workers |
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| Spanish | empleada, empleado, trabajadora, trabajador |
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| Catalan | assalariat, empleada, empleat, treballadora, treballador |
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| Verbs | employ | engage or hire for work |
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