Definition of "wage earner" [wage earner]

• One who works for wages. (noun)
• One whose earnings support or help support a household. (noun)

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• "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."