essential worker

English

Noun

essential worker (plural essential workers)

a worker who is considered crucial to a particular sector
a worker considered necessary for the community at large; especially first responders, other medical, education and transport personnel.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see essential,‎ worker.

See also

“essential worker, n.” under “essential, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “essential worker, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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