laborer

[ley-ber-er]

noun

1. a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training.

   a laborer in the field.

2. any worker.

Other Word Forms

• underlaborer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of laborer¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; labor, -er ¹

Example Sentences

County regulators contend that their enforcement has improved safety conditions for laborers and noted that use of toxic pesticides has decreased significantly over the last decade.

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In California, laborers as young as 12 can legally work in agriculture.

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More than 60 years ago, Marxist auto worker James Boggs lamented automation’s role in the seemingly inevitable demise of the American laborer.

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When the laborers who bore the heat and toil of the full day’s work are jealous, the owner of the field asks them why they resent his generosity.

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Many of them are paid laborers who work the fields during the growing season, and then come to Aswan to work in the quarry during the remainder of the year.

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