jobholders

noun

plural of jobholder
as in employees
one who works for another for wages or a salary more jobholders than the state agency has ever had in the past

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Recent Examples of jobholders Other jobholders included dads with young children and women with no kids. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobholders
  1. employees
  2. workers
Noun
  • Two employees alleged that SKDK, a public affairs firm first hired by UCLA amid turmoil during pro-Palestinian protests, was used to pitch news coverage of Osako’s 2024 reappointment.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Eiffel Tower workers protested with a one-day strike after tower management allegedly replaced some women employees for the duration of a 20-minute visit by monks from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS.
    — Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of employees
Noun
  • Containment efforts have also been hamstrung by insecurity, displacement, a health workers' strike and intense population movements.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • How the Saver’s Match will work The new Saver’s Match is part of an ongoing broader effort to help workers save for retirement.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of workers

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“Jobholders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobholders. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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