| Main Entry: | employee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person being paid for working for another or a corporation |
Synonyms: |
agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, jobholder, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff |
| Main Entry: | grass roots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ordinary people |
Synonyms: |
Middle America, common people, hoi polloi, laboring class, middle class, proletariat, rank and file, the masses, wage-earners, working class, working people |
| Main Entry: | wage earner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person earning income |
Synonyms: |
breadwinner, employee, income producer, jobholder, one who brings home the bacon, salaried worker, staff member, staffer, wage slave, wageworker |
| Main Entry: | working class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common laborers |
Synonyms: |
blue-collar workers, common laborer, factory laborer, factory laborers, grass roots, laboring class, plebeians, proles, proletariat, rank and file, the other half, unskilled laborer, unskilled laborers, wage-earners, workers, workfolk, working people, working stiff, working stiffs, workpeople |
| Main Entry: | jobholder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employee |
Synonyms: |
agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff |