guest worker

noun

1. a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of guest worker¹

1965–70; translation of German Gastarbeiter

Example Sentences

I asked him if a guest worker program could succeed today.

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In court, government prosecutors and civil plaintiffs have alleged that Infosys and Tata were exploiting the guest workers they brought to the U.S.

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Her grandfather was a Mexican guest worker in the Bracero Program of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, ended up being sponsored for legal status, and eventually moved his entire family north.

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In addition we need to consider a new Bracero Program, which allowed guest workers to come to the U.S. legally without their families in the mid-20th century.

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In Monterey County, growers are building lodging for thousands of guest workers coming in on H-2A visas.

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