part-timer

Someone who is employed, or does something, part-time.

Noun

  1. Someone who is employed, or does something, part-time.
    • After all, the train crews can be employed on freight work for the rest of the year, while the extra bus-drivers would have to be part-timers, which is undesirable practice for a number of reasons, including safety. -...
  2. A part-time bowler.

Origin

Etymology tree English part-time Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English part-timer From part-time + -er.

Forms

part-timers

Synonyms

part-time employee part-time worker