outworker

1 6.5

A person who does paid work away from the main workplace, often at home

noun
/ˈaʊtˌwɜrkər/

: trabajador a distancia

The company hired several outworkers to manage their remote operations and meet production deadlines.

Examples

The 1986 census data show that 93.9 percent of outworkers are in the manufacturing sector, representing 5.1 percent of the total manufacturing workforce.

Academic text (1997)
Many outworkers in our town create handmade crafts from the comfort of their homes.
Servants, transport workers, laborers, rural outworkers, and farm workers all experienced profound change.

Academic text (1994)
She works as an outworker, sewing clothes for a local boutique while taking care of her children.

Synonyms

telecommuter

vsoutworker

2 3.8

A person who works from home using the internet to do their job

does paid work at home or outside main workplace without needing electronic tools

Surface Forms

outworker singular

outworkers plural

Morphology

outworker = worker (transparent) = out + worker

The compound 'out' + 'worker' directly conveys 'a worker who works outside or away from the main workplace', which is readily inferable from the parts. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Outworker comes from the parts out- meaning 'outside' and worker meaning 'a person who works', so imagine someone who works 'out' of the main place. That's why an outworker is a person who does paid work at home or away from the main factory or office.