operative
noun/ˈɒpərətɪv/
/ˈɑːpərətɪv/
- (specialist) a worker, especially one who works with their hands
- a factory operative
- skilled/unskilled operatives
- (especially North American English) a person who does secret work, especially for a government organization
- an intelligence operative
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.
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