Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minimum-wager

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: min-i-mum-wa-ger
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who earns minimum wage.

Example Sentences

"But Stephen Bland Dolley, Jr., 31-year-old Gastonia lawyer, was a hot minimum-wager in 1959—and he is back. He wants a $1."
"It’s quite possible us ole’ revenue producers may be very willing indeed to drop this ‘GAP” generation of trapped minimum-wagers and unskilled kids right onto the welfare rolls."
"Yesterday’s lowly charwomen mopped floors, as do today’s cleaning ladies, janitors and minimum-wagers at McDonald’s."

Etymology

From minimum wage + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: minimum wage

Inflected Forms

minimum-wagers (plural)

Questions

What does minimum-wager mean?: One who earns minimum wage.
Where does minimum-wager come from?: From minimum wage + -er.

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