subworker

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ worker.

Noun

subworker (plural subworkers)

1. A subordinate worker or helper; an underling.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     the Repairer of a decayed Intellect , and a Sub-worker to Grace

2. (programming) A worker thread that is subordinate to another; a subthread.

References

• “subworker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.