subworker
nounEtymology From sub- + worker.
1
A subordinate worker or helper; an underling.
- the Repairer of a decayed Intellect , and a Sub-worker to Grace1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A worker thread that is subordinate to another; a subthread.