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turker

turker is the alternative letter-case form of Turker.

Noun capitalized: Turker

Turker (plural Turkers)

  1. A person who does small tasks as part of the Amazon Mechanical Turk service.
    • LaPlante disputes the notion that Turkers and other crowdsourcing workers are desperate folks working out of their parents basement. “Most Turkers are very educated, and they choose to do this,” she said.2019, Steven Greenhouse, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor, Anchor, →ISBN, page 223

Synonyms of turker

Forms of turker

pluralturkers
pluralTurkers
alternative formturker

Origin of turker

Ellipsis of Amazon Mechanical Turk + -er; the Amazon service is named for the Mechanical Turk of 1770–1854.

Phrases with turker

Questions about turker

What does turker mean?
Turker means a person who does small tasks as part of the Amazon Mechanical Turk service.
What is turker the alternative letter-case form of?
Turker is the alternative letter-case form of Turker.
What part of speech is turker?
Turker is a noun.
What is the plural of turker?
The plural of turker is turkers.

Words near turker in the dictionary

  1. Turkeman
  2. Turkemans
  3. Turkemen
  4. turken
  5. turkens
  6. turker
  7. turkers
  8. Turkery
  9. Turkes
  10. Turkese
  11. Turkess

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