Wiktionary
n. someone who works for wages, especially if that wage supports a household
WordNet
n. someone who earn wages in return for their labor [syn: earner]
Usage examples of "wage earner".
But Mama, I work hard for Linc all hours, weekends and Sundays, I work hard for all of us, for you and Uncle Tashjian and Marian and the kids, I'm the wage earner now that Marian's on her own and I love it, truly I enjoy it, you know I do.
But Mama, I work hard for Line all hours, weekends and Sundays, I work hard for all of us, for you and Uncle Tashjian and Marian and the kids, I'm the wage earner now that Marian's on her own and I love it, truly I enjoy it, you know I do.
A $10 million wage earner will, on average, see the far side of a century.
She was the only wage earner in a family of five mat included her invalid father, her mother, and her two younger sisters.