Reverse Dictionary: WORKER

NOUNS
► GANG a set of labourers or workmen → 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial. 

NOUNS – PERSON
► AMBULANTER an itinerant worker or tramp who travels in a wagon with his family picking up odd jobs as he goes→ 1927 Amer. dial.
► ARSE-WIPER a workman that toadies to the boss; a servant to the mistress → 20C colloq.
► ATE-THE-BOLTS one who is a glutton for work → 20C Irish sl.
► AUGER an excessively hard worker → 1980s US college sl.
► BAD COCK a bad workman → Bk1891 tailors’ sl.
► BANKSMAN a worker at a building site who guides or directs the use and movement of cranes, vehicles, etc., to ensure that it is conducted safely → 1956 Brit.
► BEAVER one who works diligently; a hard-working, diligent, active man → c1850 Amer. colloq. 
► BEE a busy worker → 1791
► BELL-HORSE a workman who finds it to his advantage to exert himself more than his fellow employees, in order to give grounds for the discharge of those who cannot keep up with the pace set by him → Bk1891 Eng. sl.
► BICYCLE BUM a seasonal worker who cycles between jobs → 1945 Aust. sl.
► BINDLE MAN a tramp; an itinerant worker → 1900 Amer. dial.
► BINDLE STIFF a tramp; an itinerant worker → 1900 Amer. dial.
► BISCUIT GETTER a breadwinner; the husband → 1966 Amer. jocular
► BLACKBIRD an itinerant or migratory worker → 1980 US sl.
► BLACKSMITH a clumsy or slipshod worker; spec. an inept journalist, one who pounds out copy or news stories → 1882 US sl.
► BLANKET MAN a tramp; an itinerant worker → 1872 Amer. dial.
► BLANKET STIFF a tramp; an itinerant worker → 1872 Amer. dial.
► BOLL-WEEVIL any unwanted fellow worker; a worker who threatens the job security of an older employee; a new worker → 1956 US sl.
► BUCKEYE one whose work is of low quality; the inferior work itself → 1843 Amer. dial.
► BUCK-PASSER one who evades or avoids work and responsibility → 1933 Amer. dial.
► BUGGER-LUGGER a factory hand → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUTTERFLY a person whose periods of work or occupation are transitory or seasonal → 1890
► CACKLER a white-collared office worker; a clerk → 1926 Amer. sl., orig. tramps’ usage 
► CAMPIE ► CAMPY one who strives, contends, or works vigorously → 1923 Sc.
► CHUMP a person, esp., a regular working man → M19 sl.
► CLEAN HAND a person who does work skilfully and neatly → 1902 (Bk.)
► CLOCK-WATCHER someone who does no more work than is strictly necessary → 1911 sl.
► CO-OPERATRESS a female cooperator or fellow worker → 1629
► COOPERATRIX a female cooperator or fellow worker → 1657
► DAB-HAND a clever workman; an expert in any business → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DABSTER a clever workman; an expert in any business; one skilled at anything; an adept; a versatile person → 1708 colloq.
► DÆDAL skilful artificer or fabricator; a skilled worker or craftsman → c1630 obs.
► DÆDALIST an imitator of Dædalus; a skilled worker or craftsman → 1713 nonce-word
► DÆDALUS a skilful or cunning artificer; a skilled worker or craftsman → c1630
► DARGER a day labourer; one who works by the day → 1802 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DARGSMAN a workman, a labourer → 1723 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► DARKSMAN a workman, a labourer → 1795 Sc. obs.
► DATALLER a day-labourer; a workman engaged and paid by the day → 1881  Eng. dial.
► DAY-DARGER a day worker → 1856 Eng. dial.
► DAYMAN one employed for the day, or for duty on a special day → 1880
► DAYSMAN a worker by the day; a day-labourer → a1639
► DAYSTER a man who works by the day, and not by the piece → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DAYTALER a day labourer, a man who works by the day and not by the piece → 1877 Eng. dial.
► DEACON a superior or head workman; an adept, a proficient, a master → 1790 Sc.
► DIDDLE one who is slow and dawdling in his work → Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DIDDLE-DADDLE one who is slow and dawdling in his work → Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DOCK-WALLOPER a worker who loads and unloads freight at a loading dock → 1971 US sl.
► DUNT-ABOUT a person who is habitually badly treated or overworked → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► EAGER BEAVER an enthusiast; a zealous person a person who is too eager for work → colloq.
► ERGOPHILE a person who loves to work → Bk1991
► EYE-SERVANT one who works adequately only when watched → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FACEY a workman facing another as he works → c1870 tailors’ sl.
► FACEY ON THE BIAS a workman not directly in front of another as he words → c1870 tailors’ sl.
► FACEY ON THE TWO THICK a workman just behind one’s vis-a-vis → c1870 tailors’ sl.
► FACTOTUM an odd-job man; a handyman; a man of all work → 1584
► FAG a hard worker → M19 sl.
► FAGGER one who works hard → 1885
► FAUCHLE a slow, inept worker; a bungler; a small, weak person unable to do his own turn and yet trying to do it → 1866 Sc.
► GANGMAN a member of a gang of workers or labourers; a foreman or overseer of such a gang → 1830
► GANGSTER a foreman or member of a gang of workers → 1913 rare
► GEEZER a young manual worker who lives with his parents and spends his disposable income on leisure and pleasure → 2003 UK sl.
► GHOST a carpenter, painter, or other workman wearing a white uniform → 1961 US sl.
► GLASS ARM a weak, lazy, or otherwise poor worker → Bk1962 Amer. 
► GRAFTER a hard worker → 1900 sl.
► GRINDER a person who works for another, or under another → 1814
► GROBBLER a person who does odd jobs; an inefficient workman → Bk1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROISE a hard worker; one who curries favour → 1913 Brit. public school sl.
► GRUBBER a laborious worker; a digger → 1300
► GRUBBLER a laborious worker → 1440 obs.
► GRUNGE a person who works hard, usually for meagre rewards → 1960 sl.
► GRUNT a common or unskilled worker; a labourer → sl.
► GUTTERER a dirty, unskilful worker → 1866 Sc.
► GYPPO an itinerant worker or piece-worker → 1920s Amer. sl.
► HACK a hard-working man → Bk1880 Eng. dial.
– a worker of any type, inferring monotonous ‘grind’ → 1990s sl.
► HACKWORKER a hired person doing the tedious jobs → Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
► HAGGLER a clumsy, awkward workman; a bungler → 1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HALF HAND a person who does, or is allotted, half the amount of work expected of an able-bodied adult → 1856 Amer. dial.
► HANDICRAFT a handicraftsman, an artisan, a workman → 1586 obs.
► HANDYWRIGHT a worker with his hands; a mechanic → 1674 obs.
► HAWMERER a big, awkwardly built person with clumsy feet; one who works in a rough, noisy fashion → 1866 Sc.
► HEAVY LIFTER the one who does the ‘heavy lifting’ or hardest work → 1990s US sl.
► HEDGE-BOAR a rough workman, a lout → 1867 Eng. dial.
► IDLEMAN one who has no occupation; formerly, in Ireland, a ‘gentleman’, as opposed to a working man → 1331 rare
► INSPECTOR OF PAVEMENTS a man out of work → Bk1896 sl.
► JACK a young workman → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JACK-LEG an incompetent, unskilled, unscrupulous, or unprincipled worker or professional person, esp. a quack doctor, a crooked lawyer, or a hypocritical preacher; a bungling workman → 1853 US sl. 
► JIM-WINDER a hard worker → 1954 Amer. dial.
► JIPPO an itinerant worker or piece-worker; contract work, a sub-contractor→ 1920s US sl.
► JOBMONGER a worker hired by the job → 1900 
► KEMPER one who strives or contends; a fighter; a keen and vigorous worker, esp. one who strives to outdo his fellows → 1721 Sc.
► LABORER ► LABOURER one who does work of any kind; a worker → a1420 
► LABOR FAKER a worker who loafs on the job; a malingerer; hence, a corrupt union leader → 1907 US sl.
► LABORIN’ OAR a person who works very hard → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LEG MAN any person who works actively and outside, rather than in, an office → 1950s Amer. sl.
► LUNCHPAIL a blue-collar worker → 1950s sl., orig. US
► LUNCHPAILER a blue-collar worker → 1950s sl., orig. US
► MAISTRY a master workman, a foreman; applied also to a skilled workman, e.g. a cook, a tailor → 1798 Indian
► MANUALIST one who works or labours with the hands → 1592 obs.
► MANUARY one who works with his hands → 1581 obs.
► MARROW a companion, a fellow-worker, a partner, a mate → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MASTER HAND a highly skilled worker → 1709
► MECHANICKER a mechanic, a workman → 1861 Eng. dial.
► MIG a migratory worker → c1935 Amer. sl. 
► MISS GRIND a very hard worker → 17C
► MOILER a person who moils or labours; a hard worker; a drudge; a toiler → 1563
► MOKUS a working man; an ‘average joe’ → 1914 US sl.
► MUD-DAUBER a manual worker or labourer → 1866 US derogatory
► NAP-HAND a clever workman; one expert at any business or at a game of skill → 1887 Eng. dial.
► NEEGER a hard, unremitting worker; a toiler → 1899 Sc. 
► NIGHT-HAWK a worker on a night shift → 1868 US sl.
► NUT WORKER a person who works out ways of avoiding hard work; hence, a white-collar worker → 1910s Aust. sl.
► OKIE a migratory worker → c1935 US sl.
► OPERANT a workman → 1831 rare
► OPERATIST a worker → 1651 obs. rare
► OPERATRESS a female worker → 1841 rare
► OPERATRICE a female worker → 1531 obs. rare
► OPERATRIX a female worker → 1792 rare
► OPIFEX  a worker, a maker, a manufacturer → 1649 obs.
► OPIFICER one who makes or constructs a work; a maker, a fabricator; a workman → 1548 obs.
► PANNER a worker; one who sets to work well → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► PASHER a clumsy workman → Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
► PEYL-AWAY an energetic person; a hard worker → 1896 Eng. dial.
► PLODDALL a dull or commonplace person; a plodder, a person who works slowly and laboriously → 1618 obs. rare
► POTTERMENT a bungler; an inexperienced workman → Bk1828 Eng. dial. obs.
► PRUNE PICKER an inexperienced or inferior workman → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► QUARTER HAND a person who does, or is allotted, one-fourth the amount of work expected of an able-bodied adult → 1856 Amer. dial.
► QUEER one who works hard → 1960s US college sl.
► QUILL-BOY a term of reproach for a person incapable of much work → 1853 Ireland
► RABBLE a careless, hurried worker → 1866 Sc.
► RABBLER a careless, hurried worker → 1866 Sc.
► RACEHORSE a person who works or acts speedily, often carelessly → Bk1980 Amer. sl. 
► RAIK one who work speedily but in a slapdash manner → 1904 Sc.
► RAKE one who works with much fuss and effort but with little skill or care → Bk1905 Sc.
► RAKER a superior person or thing; a hard worker → Bk1905 Sc.
► REESHLER a person who works with noise and flurry → 1892 Sc.
► RETREAD orig. a retired soldier recalled to service; hence, a worker undergoing retraining → 1941 sl., chiefly Aust., NZ & US
► RODNEY an idler; a loafer; a casual worker; a disreputable character → M19 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► SCAMPER one who works hastily or with bad materials → 1851 Eng. dial.
► SCARTER one who is not working in earnest → 1812 Sc.
► SCHLEP an ordinary working person → 1930s sl., orig. US
► SCLATCH a bungling, clumsy workman, a botcher; a big, lubberly fellow → 1808 Sc.
► SCUFFLER a person who does hard but honest work to make a living → 1890s African-American sl.
► SELF-STARTER one who acts, esp. when employed, on their own initiative rather than await instructions or orders → 1960s sl.
► SHOEMAKER a poor lawyer; an inept worker or professional → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SHUFFLER a migratory worker → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– a worker who is out of a job → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
► SKATE a lazy and/or incompetent worker → 1998 US Army usage
► SKLATCH a bungling, clumsy workman, a botcher; a big, lubberly fellow → 1808 Sc.
► SLUFFER one who fails to do his work → Bk1913-17 Amer. college sl.
► SPALPEEN a common workman or labourer; a farm worker or harvester; a migratory agricultural labourer → 1780 Irish
► STIFF a migratory worker → 1899 sl.
► SWINKER a person who toils or works hard; a labourer → 1340
► TEAR-AWAY one who works or plays with great energy and violence when gentler methods would be more efficacious → B1900 Eng. dial.
► TEAR-EM-ROUGH one who works or plays with great energy and violence when gentler methods would be more efficacious →  B1900 Eng. dial.
► TEWER a hard worker; an industrious, energetic person → 1878 Eng. dial.
► THREE-QUARTER MAN a boy or man not equal to full work owing to age, infirmity, etc. → 1901 Eng. dial.
► TINKER any itinerant worker → 1575 Sc., Irish
– an unskilful or clumsy worker; a bungler → 1583
► TOGETHER-WORKER a co-worker; a collaborator → 1581 nonce word obs.
► TOILER a hard-working person → 1549
► TRAMP a worker who moves from job to job, city, to city → 1808 UK sl.
► TUTTLE a worker → B1900 Eng. dial.
► WAGELING a hireling; a person employed to do menial work → a1547 obs. rare
► WAGE-PLUG a worker for wages → 1918 Aust. sl.
► WARB a low-paid manual worker → 1959 Aust. sl. 
► WHEELHORSE one who does the hard work in some enterprise or cause; a trusted assistant; a hard-working or powerful person → 1845 Amer. dial.
► WICK a worker who lacks class consciousness; a scissorbill → 1926
► WILLIAM EARS a worker who lacks class consciousness → Bk1975 Amer. I.W.W. usage obs.
► WILLING HORSE a person who is a willing and capable worker → Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
► WORKAHOLIC ► WORKOHOLIC a person whose primary and obsessive interest is work; a compulsive worker → 1968 Amer. sl.
► WORKING JOE an average, unexceptional working man → 20C sl.
► WORKING JOHN an average, unexceptional working man → 20C sl.
► WORKING PLUG an average, unexceptional working man → 20C sl.
► WORKING STIFF a common working man; an ordinary worker → 1930s Amer. sl.
► WORK PLUG an average, unexceptional working man → 20C sl.
► WORK STIFF an average, unexceptional working man → 20C sl.
► YACKER-MAN a hard worker → 1908 Aust. sl.
► YARDBIRD a worker in a yard → 1963 US sl.
► YEARMAN a man hired by the year → 1481-90
► YOCKFELLOW ► YOKEFELLOW a person ‘yoked’ or associated with another, esp. in some work or occupation; a fellow-worker; an associate or partner, esp. in a task → 1526
► YOKE-MATE a person ‘yoked’ or associated with another, esp. in some work or occupation; a fellow-worker; an associate or partner, esp. in a task → 1567

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► RAWHIDER one who overworks or mistreats workers or machinery → 1931 Amer. dial.