factory worker
23
1.3
- noun
- /ˈfæktəri ˈwɜrkər/
:
trabajador de fábrica
- In many cases, they have let go of factory workers.
- unskilled factory worker
- garment factory worker
- woman factory worker
The system is there to make you fit as a cog in a massive machine and just be someone that fits into the system as a factory worker.
- The system is there to make you fit as a cog in a massive machine and just be someone that fits into the system as a factory worker.
- Again, if we want to use this factory worker example, you're no longer just Joe Schmo, who came in last week and is kind of clumsy on the blaster.
- It's farmers, it's factory workers, it's stars, it's galaxies.
- You know, again, all, all my ancestors were factory workers so I can move through spaces.
- And a couple of new people who were Chinese factory workers, basically.
- I've had everyone in between factory workers and, and, and stay at home parents.
- You know, it's blue collar, you know, it's regular common folks, factory workers.
- So it's not just like truck drivers and, you know, McDonald's cashiers and factory workers.
- The message is these factory workers are absolutely fine and they're just like us.
- You could rub shoulders with a farmer, a tech executive, a factory worker, a philosopher.
Examples
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By 1993, tens of thousands of factory workers, bank employees, and retail store clerks had lost their jobs.
Academic text (1993) -
The African American factory workers promised never to return to domestic work.
Academic text (1997) -
In reality, the majority of the new work opportunities for women were as factory workers.
Academic text (2007) -
American factory workers were laid off by the tens of thousands.
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The message is these factory workers are absolutely fine and they're just like us.
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"When we lived in Tampere, we got to see how a lot of the factory workers live.
Fiction book (1992) -
It requires thousands of factory workers, truck drivers, engineers and healthcare workers.
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We've got to meet a payroll by the end of the month for 2,000 factory workers.
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He toured across the country, meeting factory workers and giving speeches.
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Mr. President, I was a factory worker for 27 years before the plant closed down last year.
Synonyms
600
1.0
A person employed to do physical or routine jobs
68
1.0
A person who does hard physical work without special skills, often on building sites
49
2.8
A person who does manual or factory work for pay, not a manager
18
4.9
A skilled person who operates and repairs machines to make metal parts
13
1.4
A person who does physical jobs like building or fixing things
11
3.2
A person who makes steel in a factory
5
3.1
A person who works in a factory making cars or trucks
4
2.6
A person who works on an assembly line doing the same tasks
3
2.9
A man who does manual work, often in a factory or on a building site
2
3.5
A person who makes things from metal, often by hammering or welding
1
3.0
A person who does hard work using their hands
1
2.6
A person who makes clothes in a factory or workshop
1
3.5
A person who makes clothes in a factory or workshop
1
2.9
A person who works in a mill operating machines to make things
A person who uses a sewing machine to join cloth in a factory or workshop
A person who works in a mill or factory operating machines
A person who makes and shapes things from iron
A person who does physical work with their hands
A person who makes clothes by sewing
How Skilled
729
3.2
- Specialized
184
3.7
268
3.0
23
1.3
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person employed to work in a factory' is directly and compositionally derived from 'factory' (place of production) + 'worker' (person who performs work). This place+agent compounding is a standard and cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The name factory worker comes from the time when a large building called a factory used many workers to run machines and make goods. So, it means 'a person who works in a factory doing physical jobs'.