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UNPAID WORKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unpaid worker mean?
• UNPAID WORKER (noun)
The noun UNPAID WORKER has 1 sense:
1. a person who performs voluntary work
Familiarity information: UNPAID WORKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who performs voluntary work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
unpaid worker; volunteer
Hypernyms ("unpaid worker" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unpaid worker"):
candy striper (a volunteer worker in a hospital)
pledge taker (a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive)
vigilance man; vigilante (member of a vigilance committee)
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