laborer
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈleɪbərər/
- US
:
peón
- Robert found work as a laborer on a construction site, doing heavy lifting and manual tasks.
- day laborer
- unskilled laborer
- manual laborer
Then you became a construction laborer roofing.
- Then you became a construction laborer roofing.
- I want to thank the unpaid laborers who, Oh my God, what have I become?
- My ancestors are indentured labourers brought from India.
- Truck full of cane, a truck full of laborers.
- I taught school, I drove trucks, I picked fruit as a migrant laborer, that kind of thing.
- What happens when we economise on labour faster then we can find new jobs for labourers?
- Let's say you've got some money and you invested in buying some wood and employing some laborers.
- I had a shoe store online shoe business that I ran on the side and I was a labourer.
- You've been a dishwasher, a short order cook, a bookkeeper, a tow truck driver, a gas jockey, bartender, plywood mill laborer and railway line worker.
- May your laborers be leavened by wisdom.
Examples
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Eventually, Robert got a job as a farm laborer, just as he had hoped to.
Academic text (2011) -
The postwar period saw an unprecedented campaign by laborers throughout America to improve their working conditions.
Academic text (2008) -
Then you became a construction laborer roofing.
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"Know anyone who needs a laborer?" he asked of a man loading barrels into a cart.
Fiction book (1993) -
Who were the laborers in all these main mills?
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China will contribute many thousands of labourers working for the Allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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In the rural areas, the poor farmers and landless laborers also experience a decline in income.
Academic text (1990) -
Most of their fathers came to the United States and worked as manual laborers or blue-collar workers.
Academic text (2011) -
At dusk, I would go with him to watch the laborers working on Asphodel Hill.
Fiction book (1994) -
There were no community work parties in this canal, just paid laborers from Cusco, Puno, and the North.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person employed to do physical or routine jobs
49
2.8
A person who does manual or factory work for pay, not a manager
49
1.7
A person who builds and fixes buildings, roads and other large structures at work sites
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1.3
A person who works in a factory doing physical work on machines and assembly lines
13
1.4
A person who does physical jobs like building or fixing things
1
3.0
A person who does hard work using their hands
A person who does physical work with their hands
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.2
A person who works on a farm doing manual tasks like planting and harvesting
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word laborer comes from the root labor, which means 'work' or 'hard effort', plus the ending -er that means 'one who'. So a laborer is literally 'one who works', often used for people doing hard, physical jobs like building or factory work.