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单词 head-worker
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Definition of head-worker in English:

head-worker

noun ˈhɛdwəːkə
  • 1A person whose job chiefly involves intellectual work or thinking, as opposed to manual labour; a thinker.

  • 2A worker who manages or is in charge of other workers. In later use chiefly US: (the title or position of) a person who manages a settlement house or other community organization. Now chiefly historical.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From head + worker, partly after headwork, and partly after handworker.

Definition of head-worker in US English:

head-worker

nounˈhɛdwəːkə
  • 1A person whose job chiefly involves intellectual work or thinking, as opposed to manual labour; a thinker.

  • 2A worker who manages or is in charge of other workers. In later use chiefly US: (the title or position of) a person who manages a settlement house or other community organization. Now chiefly historical.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From head + worker, partly after headwork, and partly after handworker.

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