# jobber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɒb.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #61,565

## Definitions
1. One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.
2. An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
3. A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.
4. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
5. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
6. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
7. A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
8. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).
9. A job press or platen press.

## Etymology
From job + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jobber