fieldworker

field·work  (fldwûrk)

n.

1. A temporary military fortification erected in the field.

2. Work done or firsthand observations made in the field as opposed to that done or observed in a controlled environment.

3. The collecting of sociological or anthropological data in the field.

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fieldworker n.

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Noun

1.

fieldworker - a researcher who works in the field investigator, research worker, researcher - a scientist who devotes himself to doing research