"jobseeker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jobseekers [plural]
Etymology: job + seeker Etymology templates: {{compound|en|job|seeker}} job + seeker Head templates: {{en-noun}} jobseeker (plural jobseekers)
  1. A person seeking employment. Translations (person seeking employment): işaxtaran (Azerbaijani), işarayan (Azerbaijani), işgəzən (Azerbaijani), 尋工者 (Chinese Mandarin), 寻工者 (xúngōngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), werkzoekende (Dutch), työnhakija (Finnish), demandeur d’emploi [masculine] (French), demandeuse d’emploi [feminine] (French), Arbeitsuchender [masculine] (German), Arbeitsuchende [feminine] (German), מחפש עבודה (mekhapés avodá) [masculine] (Hebrew), דורש עבודה (dorésh avodá) [masculine] (Hebrew), álláskereső (Hungarian), munkakereső (Hungarian), 求職者 (kyūshokusha) (alt: きゅうしょくしゃ) (Japanese), អ្នកស្វែងរកការងារ (néaksvêng rôkkar ngéar) (Khmer), pencari kerja (Malay), തൊഴിലന്വേഷകൻ (toḻilanvēṣakaṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), osoba poszukująca pracy [feminine] (Polish), demandante de trabalho [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), и́щущий рабо́ту (íščuščij rabótu) [masculine] (Russian), demandante de empleo [masculine] (Spanish), arbetssökande [common-gender] (Swedish), jobbsökande [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jobseeker-en-noun-2iAidqrq Disambiguation of 'person seeking employment': 83 17
  2. (British) An unemployed person who needs to prove he/she is looking for work in order to obtain government benefits. Tags: British Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-jobseeker-en-noun-C5IOeADS Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: job seeker Derived forms: Jobseeker's Allowance Related terms: employer

Inflected forms

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      "word": "מחפש עבודה"
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      "word": "álláskereső"
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