"jobber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɒb.ə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd͡ʒɑ.bɚ/ [General-American], /ˈd͡ʒɔb.ə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-jobber.ogg [Australia] Forms: jobbers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ) Etymology: job + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|job|er}} job + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} jobber (plural jobbers)
  1. (archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-na4QvvXI Disambiguation of Occupations: 25 18 5 9 14 8 13 8 Disambiguation of People: 24 9 10 16 15 15 10 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 5 10 22 3 5 15
  2. (theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-LuSJHcrW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 5 10 22 3 5 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 28 6 10 18 4 4 15 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  3. (obsolete, UK, finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment. Tags: UK, obsolete Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-B0JODOTS Categories (other): British English Topics: business, finance
  4. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
    (US, business) A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
    Tags: US Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: middleman, broker
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-akukfmco Categories (other): American English Topics: business
  5. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
    (British, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
    Tags: British Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: middleman, broker
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-saq95K2w Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 5 10 22 3 5 15 Topics: business, finance
  6. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise. Synonyms: middleman, broker
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-PlEES4sL
  7. (professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Professional wrestling Synonyms: jabroni
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-c0znpwL4 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
  8. (slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall). Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-jobber-en-noun-an95n7Pu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 5 10 22 3 5 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 17 6 10 18 3 4 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 16 18 7 12 16 5 4 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blow jobber, blow-jobber, clock-jobber, land-jobber, odd-jobber, rack jobber, stockjobber, wagon jobber, watch-jobber

Inflected forms

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        "(archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Theater"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1957, Lorna Marie Wildon, A survey of contemporary American musical arena theatres, and an analysis of problems of organization and production",
          "text": "Most of the music circuses use jobbers in four to eight of the leading roles for each show. These jobbers are principal actors who are employed for one or two leading roles during the season. There is no difference between a star and a jobber, except that a jobber is not necessarily a \"big-name\" performer […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, J. Allen, The 1986 Summer Theater Guide, page 83",
          "text": "Jobbers are used as needed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "actor",
          "actor"
        ],
        [
          "specific",
          "specific"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ],
        [
          "touring",
          "touring"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Finance"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers: 8 & 9 Wm. 3, ch. 32 (1697) [legislation of English parliament"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A promoter or broker of stocks for investment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "promoter",
          "promoter"
        ],
        [
          "broker",
          "broker"
        ],
        [
          "stock",
          "stock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, UK, finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Business"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.",
        "A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intermediary",
          "intermediary"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "apparel",
          "apparel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.",
        "(US, business) A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "middleman"
        },
        {
          "word": "broker"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Finance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.",
        "A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intermediary",
          "intermediary"
        ],
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "market maker",
          "market maker"
        ],
        [
          "stock exchange",
          "stock exchange"
        ],
        [
          "stockjobber",
          "stockjobber"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.",
        "(British, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "middleman"
        },
        {
          "word": "broker"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916 June 14, “25,000 Cigarettes at $1.50 Gross Profit, the Result of Boston Price Cuts: Jobbers Work On Starvation Basis, Despite Increased Cost of Doing Business”, in United States Tobacco Journal, volume 85, page 9",
          "text": "We will say \"I would rather be an expressman hauling tobacco, cigarettes, et cetera, than be a jobber of such commodities,\" especially in the city of Boston at the present writing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, Herbert Francis De Bower, John George Jones, Marketing Methods and Salesmanship, page 123",
          "text": "In considering the reasons for the manufacturer's growing independence of the jobber we must class them under two heads; first the reasons that might apply to the old-fashioned jobber who has not varied his activities from the historic model, and, second, the reasons that apply only to the jobber who has departed from the old model and has undertaken or abandoned certain activities in an attempt to strengthen his position.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1965, John Boyd Corbin, A Technical Services Manual for Small Libraries, page 2",
          "text": "It is usually best to choose a book jobber to handle the bulk of a library's purchases.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intermediary",
          "intermediary"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "middleman"
        },
        {
          "word": "broker"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "en:Professional wrestling"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "professional wrestling",
          "professional wrestling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jabroni"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "professional-wrestling",
        "sports",
        "war",
        "wrestling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɒb.ə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɑ.bɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɔb.ə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/En-au-jobber.ogg/En-au-jobber.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/En-au-jobber.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jobber"
}

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