▪ used in Marxist or leftist contexts to refer to the working class: "a red flag with the inscription “workers of the world, unite!”"
2. a person who produces or achieves a specified thing: "a worker of miracles"
3. (in social insects such as bees, wasps, ants, and termites) a neuter or undeveloped female that is a member of what is usually the most numerous caste and does the basic work of the colony.
