TRAINED WORKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trained worker mean? 

• TRAINED WORKER (noun)
  The noun TRAINED WORKER has 1 sense:

1. a worker who has acquired special skills

  Familiarity information: TRAINED WORKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAINED WORKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who has acquired special skills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker

Hypernyms ("trained worker" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trained worker"):

phlebotomist (someone who practices phlebotomy)

preserver; refinisher; renovator; restorer (a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture)

refiner (one whose work is to refine a specific thing)

projectionist (the person who operates the projector in a movie house)

pressman; printer (someone whose occupation is printing)

power-station worker; power worker (a worker at a power station)

plater (a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold))

plasterer (a worker skilled in applying plaster)

plaiter (someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.))

riveter; rivetter (a worker who inserts and hammers rivets)

perfecter (a skilled worker who perfects something)

painter (a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint)

lens maker; optician (a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision)

oilman (a worker who produces or sells petroleum)

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

mounter (a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.)

funeral director; funeral undertaker; mortician; undertaker (one whose business is the management of funerals)

fixer; mender; repairer (a skilled worker who mends or repairs things)

router (a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery)

crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)

man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)

shearer (a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals)

skinner (a person who prepares or deals in animal skins)

metalworker; smith (someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable))

smith (someone who works at something specified)

technician (someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process)

piano tuner; tuner (someone who tunes pianos)

turner (a lathe operator)

turtler (someone whose occupation is hunting turtles)

voicer (someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes)

vulcaniser; vulcanizer (someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency)

wall-paperer; wallpaperer (a worker who papers walls)

wireman; wirer (a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring)

electrician; lineman; linesman (a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines)

armorer; armourer (a worker skilled in making armor or arms)

aeronaut; airman; aviator; flier; flyer (someone who operates an aircraft)

baker; bread maker (someone who bakes bread or cake)

balloonist (someone who flies a balloon)

butcher; slaughterer (a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market)

calligrapher; calligraphist (someone skilled in penmanship)

coiner; minter; moneyer (a skilled worker who coins or stamps money)

cook (someone who cooks food)

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

crew member; crewman (a member of a flight crew)

cutter (someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments))

dental hygienist (someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays))

draftsman; draftsperson; draughtsman (a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines)

dyer (someone whose job is to dye cloth)

editor; editor in chief (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))

aquanaut; oceanaut (a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research)

engraver (a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching)

aesthetician; esthetician (a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.))

fisher; fisherman (someone whose occupation is catching fish)

founder (a worker who makes metal castings)

framer (someone who makes frames (as for pictures))

fumigator (someone whose job is to fumigate)

galvaniser; galvanizer (a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc)

gilder (someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt)

grip (worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made)

harpooneer; harpooner (someone who launches harpoons)

hunter; huntsman (someone who hunts game)

indexer (someone who provides an index)

laminator (a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates))

lobsterman (a person whose occupation is catching lobsters)

lockkeeper; lockman; lockmaster (a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal))