wage earner

See also: wage-earner

English

Alternative forms

• wage-earner

Noun

wage earner (plural wage earners)

1. Someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household.

Synonyms

• breadwinner

Translations

someone who works for wages

• Bulgarian: надничар (bg) (nadničar)
• Catalan: assalariat (ca) m, assalariada (ca) f
• Danish: lønmodtager (da) c
• Dutch: kostwinner (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: pangajnanto, lukranto
• Finnish: palkansaaja (fi)
• German: Arbeitnehmer (de) m, Arbeitnehmerin (de) f
• Irish: fear tuillimh m
• Japanese: 賃金労働者 (chingin-rōdō-sha)
• Portuguese: assalariado (pt) m
• Swedish: löntagare (sv) c
• Turkish: ücretli (tr)