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WAGE EARNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wage earner mean?
• WAGE EARNER (noun)
The noun WAGE EARNER has 1 sense:
1. someone who earn wages in return for their labor
Familiarity information: WAGE EARNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who earn wages in return for their labor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
earner; wage earner
Hypernyms ("wage earner" is a kind of...):
jobholder (an employee who holds a regular job)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wage earner"):
breadwinner (one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents)
double dipper (someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension))
garnishee (a wage earner who is served with a garnishment)
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