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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul go
a human being

worker go
a person who works at a specific occupation

employee go
a worker who is hired to perform a job

workman, workingman, working man, working person go
an employee who performs manual or industrial labor

jack, laborer, manual laborer, labourer
someone who works with their hands

noun.person

29 Subcategories

agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer go
a person who tills the soil for a living
bracero go
a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II
cleaner go
someone whose occupation is cleaning
day laborer, day labourer go
a laborer who works by the day
digger go
a laborer who digs
dishwasher go
someone who washes dishes
drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave go
a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
gandy dancer go
a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
gravedigger go
a person who earns a living by digging graves
hewer go
a person who hews
hand, hired hand, hired man go
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
hod carrier, hodman go
a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
itinerant, gypsy, gipsy go
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
lumberjack, feller, faller, lumberman, logger go
a person who fells trees
miner, mineworker go
laborer who works in a mine
muleteer, mule skinner, mule driver, skinner go
a worker who drives mules
platelayer, tracklayer go
a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
porter go
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
rail-splitter, splitter go
a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
sawyer go
one who is employed to saw wood
section hand go
a laborer assigned to a section gang
sprayer go
a worker who applies spray to a surface
stacker go
a laborer who builds up a stack or pile
steeplejack go
someone who builds or maintains very tall structures
loader, lumper, stevedore, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper go
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
fireman, stoker go
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
woodcutter go
cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
wrecker go
someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
yardman go
a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)