essential worker

English

Noun

essential worker (plural essential workers)

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

Synonyms

• (worker considered necessary for the community at large): key worker

Translations

worker who is considered crucial to a particular sector

Vietnamese: người lao động thiết yếu

worker considered necessary for the community at large

Vietnamese: người lao động thiết yếu

See also

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