Antonyms for wage-earners


Grammar : Noun


Definition of wage-earners

  • As in grass roots : noun ordinary people
  • As in working class : noun common laborers
  • As in jobholder : noun employee
  • As in employee : noun person being paid for working for another or a corporation
Example sentences :
  • They are wage-earners in a degree that compares well with the general population.
  • Extract from : « The Deaf » by Harry Best
  • There can be no doubt about that of the wage-earners—nothing like it has ever been seen before.
  • Extract from : « A Traveller in War-Time » by Winston Churchill
  • But if it does not go on, there will be no work and the wage-earners will earn no money.
  • Extract from : « The Mesmerist's Victim » by Alexandre Dumas
  • Can wage-earners be shut out from all advantages in the land of the country?
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
  • Whilst he controlled the wage-earners he at the same time controlled the employers.
  • Extract from : « Meccania » by Owen Gregory
  • The wage-earners of our country have accepted the challenge.
  • Extract from : « Speeches of Benjamin Harrison » by Benjamin Harrison
  • They comprised all ranks, wage-earners, manufacturers, and merchants.
  • Extract from : « Old Country Inns of England » by Henry P. Maskell
  • It was a mass union which aimed to include all the wage-earners in the community.
  • Extract from : « The I.W.W. » by Paul Frederick Brissenden
  • “Overproduction” is mainly the “underconsumption” of wage-earners.
  • Extract from : « Races and Immigrants in America » by John R. Commons
  • The wage-earners have not been so fortunate in their protestations of disinterestedness.
  • Extract from : « Races and Immigrants in America » by John R. Commons

Synonyms for wage-earners

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