jobber
jobber Lexical Profile
jobber Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A wholesaler or middleman who buys goods in bulk from manufacturers or importers and sells them in smaller quantities to retailers.
"The hardware store ordered its seasonal gardening supplies through a regional jobber."
In professional wrestling, a performer whose scripted role is to lose matches routinely in order to make featured opponents appear dominant.
"The veteran wrestler spent the early years of his career working as a reliable jobber on televised broadcasts."
British Historically, a principal dealer on the London Stock Exchange who bought and sold securities on their own account through stockbrokers rather than dealing directly with the public.
"Before the 1986 deregulation of the London financial markets, every transaction had to pass through a stock jobber."
A worker who performs piecework, odd jobs, or temporary contract labor rather than holding salaried employment.
"During the harvest season, the orchard hired several local jobbers to repair crates and haul produce."
• Rhymes for jobber
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 17th century from the noun 'job' plus the agentive suffix '-er', originally denoting a broker or speculator who bought and sold small lots of stock or goods.