seasonal worker
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsiːzənl ˈwɜrkər/
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trabajador estacional
- Third, farmers could exercise more flexibility by employing women either as part-time or seasonal workers.
- hire seasonal workers
Examples
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Economists predict that more part-timers will find jobs around Christmas as retailers hire seasonal workers.
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Seasonal workers from the highlands migrated into the region to work during summers (32).
Academic text (2012) -
Hiring seasonal workers involves following a few rules of the road.
Blog text (17) -
Laws that cover harassment, discrimination, and workplace health and safety apply to seasonal workers just as they do to any other employee.
Blog text (17) -
In addition, millers hired seasonal workers to cope with the high volumes of grain after harvest.
Academic text (2009) -
These migratory and seasonal workers harvested vegetables and sugar cane.
Academic text (1997) -
Cycles of planting, weeding, and harvesting associated with different crops may lead to insufficient laborers and the need to hire seasonal workers.
Academic text (1994) -
Ralph and Cheryl Broetje rely on roughly 1,000 seasonal workers every year to grow and pack over 6 million boxes of apples on their farm along the Snake River in eastern Washington.
Blog text (22) -
The retailer plans to hire about fifty-three thousand seasonal workers for the holiday rush.
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The company announced in October it would hire 50,000 seasonal workers, up 25% from last year.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who does a job for only a short time
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5.3
A person who works at a job for a short time
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4.1
A person hired only for part of the year, often in farming or tourism
How Permanent
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3.9
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3.2
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2.8
- UK
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5.6
- US
11
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person employed only during certain times of the year' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'seasonal' (happening in a specific season) with 'worker' (a person employed). This straightforward adjective+noun composition follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Seasonal worker comes from the simple idea that a farm or resort hires extra workers only in busy seasonal times, like harvest or winter. So seasonal worker means 'a person who works only during certain times of the year'.