part-timer

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English part-time
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-os?
Proto-Indo-European *-o-
Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-āsijos
Proto-Italic *-āsios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
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Latin -ārius
Old French -ierbor.
Middle English -er
English -er
English part-timer

    From part-time + -er.

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    Noun

    part-timer (plural part-timers)

    1. Someone who is employed, or does something, part-time.
      • 1963 June, “A Bus Operator's View of Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 373:
        After all, the train crews can be employed on freight work for the rest of the year, while the extra bus-drivers would have to be part-timers, which is undesirable practice for a number of reasons, including safety.
    2. (cricket) A part-time bowler.

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