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SKILLED WORKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A worker who has acquired special skills
Synonyms:
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("skilled worker" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skilled worker"):
funeral director; funeral undertaker; mortician; undertaker (one whose business is the management of funerals)
mounter (a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.)
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
oilman (a worker who produces or sells petroleum)
lens maker; optician (a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision)
painter (a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint)
perfecter (a skilled worker who perfects something)
phlebotomist (someone who practices phlebotomy)
plaiter (someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.))
plasterer (a worker skilled in applying plaster)
plater (a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold))
power-station worker; power worker (a worker at a power station)
pressman; printer (someone whose occupation is printing)
projectionist (the person who operates the projector in a movie house)
refiner (one whose work is to refine a specific thing)
preserver; refinisher; renovator; restorer (a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture)
riveter; rivetter (a worker who inserts and hammers rivets)
router (a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery)
crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
shearer (a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals)
skinner (a person who prepares or deals in animal skins)
metalworker; smith (someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable))
smith (someone who works at something specified)
technician (someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process)
piano tuner; tuner (someone who tunes pianos)
turner (a lathe operator)
turtler (someone whose occupation is hunting turtles)
voicer (someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes)
vulcaniser; vulcanizer (someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency)
wall-paperer; wallpaperer (a worker who papers walls)
wireman; wirer (a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring)
aquanaut; oceanaut (a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research)
armorer; armourer (a worker skilled in making armor or arms)
aeronaut; airman; aviator; flier; flyer (someone who operates an aircraft)
baker; bread maker (someone who bakes bread or cake)
balloonist (someone who flies a balloon)
butcher; slaughterer (a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market)
calligrapher; calligraphist (someone skilled in penmanship)
coiner; minter; moneyer (a skilled worker who coins or stamps money)
cook (someone who cooks food)
artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)
crew member; crewman (a member of a flight crew)
cutter (someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments))
dental hygienist (someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays))
draftsman; draftsperson; draughtsman (a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines)
dyer (someone whose job is to dye cloth)
editor; editor in chief (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))
fixer; mender; repairer (a skilled worker who mends or repairs things)
lockkeeper; lockman; lockmaster (a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal))
lobsterman (a person whose occupation is catching lobsters)
laminator (a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates))
indexer (someone who provides an index)
hunter; huntsman (someone who hunts game)
harpooneer; harpooner (someone who launches harpoons)
grip (worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made)
gilder (someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt)
galvaniser; galvanizer (a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc)
fumigator (someone whose job is to fumigate)
framer (someone who makes frames (as for pictures))
founder (a worker who makes metal castings)
fisher; fisherman (someone whose occupation is catching fish)
aesthetician; esthetician (a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.))
engraver (a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching)
electrician; lineman; linesman (a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines)
