Meanings
nounpart-timer (plural part-timers)
plural part-timers
- Someone who is employed, or does something, part-time.
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.
1963 June, “A Bus Operator's View of Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 373 - ball gamesA part-time bowler.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
part-time employeepart-time worker
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 兼職人員 /兼职人员, 兼職的人 /兼职的人
- 兼職人員 /兼职人员 (jiānzhí rényuán)someone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- 兼職的人 /兼职的人 (jiānzhí de rén)someone who is employed, or does something, part-time
Finnish osa-aikainen työntekijä
- osa-aikainen työntekijäsomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
German Teilzeitarbeiter, Teilzeitarbeiterin
- Teilzeitarbeitersomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- Teilzeitarbeiterinsomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- Teilzeitersomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- Teilzeiterinsomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- Teilzeitbeschäftigtersomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- Teilzeitbeschäftigtesomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- Teilzeitaushilfesomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
Japanese アルバイター, パートタイマー
- アルバイター (arubaitā)someone who is employed, or does something, part-time
- パートタイマー (pātotaimā)someone who is employed, or does something, part-time
Korean 아르바이트생
- 아르바이트생 (areubaiteusaeng)someone who is employed, or does something, part-time
Swedish deltidsanställd
- deltidsanställdsomeone who is employed, or does something, part-time
Cite this entry
APA
part-timer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/part-timer
MLA
“part-timer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/part-timer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “part-timer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/part-timer.
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