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trabajador

Definitions of trabajador
  1. noun
    a person who works at a specific occupation
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    examples:
    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
    wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
    Julio César
    conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    Oliver Cromwell
    English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
    Ulysses Grant
    18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)
    Robert Edward Lee
    American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Napoleón Bonaparte
    French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
    George Washington
    1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
    types:
    auxiliar, ayudante
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    barquero
    someone who drives or rides in a boat
    carrero, carretero, furgonero, trajinante
    someone whose work is driving carts
    carbonero
    a worker whose job is to make charcoal
    cochero
    someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
    empleado
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
    autónomo
    a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
    encendedor, farolero
    (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
    trabajador a media jornada
    someone who works less than the customary or standard time
    cantero, pedrero, picapedrero
    a man who works in a quarry
    esquirol, rompehuelgas
    someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
    sirviente
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
    oficial
    a worker who has acquired special skills
    esclavo
    someone who works as hard as a slave
    eventual, temporero
    a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
    sindicalista, unionista
    a worker who belongs to a trade union
    voluntario
    a person who performs voluntary work
    empleada, trabajadora
    a young woman who is employed
    compañero de trabajo
    a fellow worker
    auxiliar
    someone who acts as assistant
    acompañante, asistente
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
    aeronauta, aviador
    someone who operates an aircraft
    panadero
    someone who bakes bread or cake
    aeróstata, ascensionista
    someone who flies a balloon
    barman, camarero
    an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
    ayuda de cámara
    a valet or personal maid
    jifero, matarife
    a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    galopín, grumete, paje
    a young man acting as a servant on a ship
    calígrafo, pendolista
    someone skilled in penmanship
    canoero, palista, piragüista
    someone paddling a canoe
    auriga
    the driver of a chariot
    oficinista
    an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
    cochero, mayoral
    a man who drives a coach (or carriage)
    cocinero, guisador
    someone who cooks food
    amanuense, copiador, copiante, copista, escribiente, plumista
    someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
    redactor publicitario
    a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
    artesano
    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    tripulante
    a member of a flight crew
    cortador
    someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
    repartidor
    someone employed to make deliveries
    lugarteniente
    an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
    asistente, criado, doméstico
    a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
    delineante, dibujante
    a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
    ayudante de camerino
    a wardrobe assistant for an actor
    tintorero
    someone whose job is to dye cloth
    editor
    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)
    chispa, electricista, eléctrico, iluminista
    a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
    grabador
    a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
    factótum
    a servant employed to do a variety of jobs
    balsero
    a man who operates a ferry
    pescador
    someone whose occupation is catching fish
    superintendente
    an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems
    fundador
    a worker who makes metal castings
    jardinero
    someone employed to work in a garden
    gasista
    someone employed by a gas company
    gondolero
    a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
    alquiladizo, mercenario
    a person who works only for money
    cazador
    someone who hunts game
    lacayo
    a male servant (especially a footman)
    mayordomo, senescal
    the chief steward or butler of a great household
    maniquí, modelo
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
    remalladora, remendón, reparador
    a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
    maniquí, modelo
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
    empresario de pompas fúnebres
    one whose business is the management of funerals
    boga, bogador, remador, remero
    someone who rows a boat
    chico de los recados, mandadero, ordenanza
    a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
    funcionario
    a worker who holds or is invested with an office
    anteojero, óptico
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
    pintor
    a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint
    enlucidor, yesero
    a worker skilled in applying plaster
    impresor
    someone whose occupation is printing
    cabinista, operador, proyectista
    the person who operates the projector in a movie house
    apuntador
    someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
    refinador
    one whose work is to refine a specific thing
    restaurador
    a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
    registrador
    a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
    factótum, mano derecha
    the most helpful assistant
    remachador
    a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
    tripulante
    any member of a ship's crew
    comerciante, dependiente, vendedor
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
    marmitón, pinche
    a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
    secretario
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
    sirvienta
    a girl who is a servant
    militar
    someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
    Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Skinner
    a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
    cincelador
    someone who cuts or carves stone
    subalterno, subordinado
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
    técnico
    someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process
    carrilano, ferroviario
    an employee of a railroad
    afinador
    someone who tunes pianos
    tornero
    a lathe operator
    dactilógrafo, mecanógrafo
    someone paid to operate a typewriter
    vigilante
    member of a vigilance committee
    carrero, carretero, tartanero
    the driver of a wagon
    lavandero
    operates industrial washing machine
    lavandera
    a working woman who takes in washing
    limpiacristales
    someone who washes windows
    currito, obrero
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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