Definition of "jobber" in English

noun

1. (archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.

2. (theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.

3. (obsolete, UK, finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.

   • An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers: 8 & 9 Wm. 3, ch. 32 (1697) [legislation of English parliament]

4. An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.

5. (professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.

6. (slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).