werker

Definitions of werker
  1. noun
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
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    volder, voller
    a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
    gasfitter
    a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
    arbeider, handarbeider, loonarbeider, werkman
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    fabrieksarbeider
    a workman in a mill or factory
    verhuizer
    workman employed by a moving company
    emballeur, inpakker, pakker
    a workman employed to pack things into containers
    kantonnier, straatmaker, stratemaker, stratenmaker
    a workman who is employed to repair roads
    besteller, bezorger, wijkbezorger
    a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
    landarbeider
    a person who tills the soil for a living
    schoonmaker
    someone whose occupation is cleaning
    daggelder, dagloner
    a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages
    grondwerker
    a laborer who digs
    afwasautomaat, afwasmachine, afwasser, bordenwasser, glazenspoeler, keukenhulp, vaatwasmachine, vaatwasser
    someone who washes dishes
    galeiboef, galeislaaf, grondwerker, infanteriesoldaat
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
    doodgraver, grafdelver
    a person who earns a living by digging graves
    opperman
    a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
    houthakker
    a person who fells trees
    houwer, koempel, kompel, mijnwerker, mineur
    laborer who works in a mine
    verhuizer
    someone who works for a company that moves furniture
    houtzager
    one who is employed to saw wood
    spuiter
    a worker who applies spray to a surface
    bootwerker, dokwerker, havenarbeider, havenwerker, kaaiwerker, laadinrichting, walwerker
    a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    houtgraveur, houtsnijder
    cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
    bergingsbedrijf, bergingsmaatschappij, bergingsschip, jutter, kraanauto, kraanwagen, sleepauto, sleepwagen, sloop, sloopbedrijf, sloper, sloperij, slopersbedrijf, stranddief, strandjutter, takelauto, takelwagen
    someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
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    arbeider, arbeidskracht, kracht, loontrekker, tewerkgestelde, werkkracht, werknemer
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
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