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WAGE EARNER

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• 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.

• WAGE EARNER (noun)

Sense 1

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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 has 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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