عَامِلٌ
1.
[Working; labouring; serving, or doing service: doing, acting, or performing: and doing, making, working, manufacturing, or constructing, a thing:] act. particle n. of عَمِلَ: (T, Msb, TA:) plural عَامِلُونَ (Msb, K, TA) and عُمَّالٌ (Msb) and عَمَلَةٌ, (K, TA,) which last signifies [particularly] workers with their hands, (Mgh in article فعل, K, TA,) in various sorts of work, (TA,) in clay (Mgh, TA) or building (Mgh) or digging (Mgh, TA) &c.; (TA;) like فَعَلَةٌ [a plural of فَاعِلٌ]: (Mgh:) and عَوَامِلُ, (K, TA,) as plural of [the feminine] عَامِلَةٌ, (TA,) [and likewise in this case of عَامِلٌ,] signifies oxen that plough, and that tread the corn, (K, TA,) and upon which water is drawn, and that are employed in other labours; and in like manner applied to camels: and it is said in a tradition that in the case of such animals no poorrate is required. (TA.)
2.
Also [An administrator of public affairs; and particularly a governor of a province; and] a collector of the poor-rates [and the like]: and an agent who manages the affairs and property of another. (TA.)
3.
عَامِلُ الرُّمْحِ (S, O, K) and
عَامِلَتُهُ (K) The part, of the spear, that is next to the head, exclusive of the
ثَعْلَب [or portion that enters into the head]: (S, O:) or the
صَدْر [or fore part] of the spear, (K, TA,) exclusive of the head, according to A'Obeyd two cubits in length: (TA:) or, as some say, the spear-head itself is called عَامِلٌ: (O, TA:) plural عَوَامِلُ. (TA.) See also ذِرَاعٌ, last sentence.