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 Words From

• under·labor·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of laborer¹

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

Example Sentences

Millions brace for more layoffs, hunger and utility shutoffs as stimulus talks break downOn Thursday, Jenkins drove her old Dodge Caravan to a place that hires day laborers, hoping she could get on a cleaning or roofing crew.

From Washington Post

Software is increasingly able to replicate or exceed the performance of human laborers, just as companies are looking to cut costs amid a global economic downturn, which puts existing jobs at risk, Lee said.

From Fortune

He lived in a small village in Haryana and worked as a driver and laborer in the fields.

From No Straight News

Employers now tend to only hire laborers who have their own cars, one laborer told VOSD, out of fears of contracting the virus.

From Voice of San Diego

Last month, for example, the government banned dining in restaurants as part of its effort to suppress the third wave, effectively forcing manual laborers to eat on the street.

From Fortune

Shadman started as a laborer, but within a year became an interpreter because he could speak English.

From The Daily Beast

Soon the missing construction laborer had become a national cause célèbre.

From The Daily Beast

On his “Certificate of Employment during the War,” Tudor is listed as a farm laborer.

From The Daily Beast

Anschutz, a non-drinker, was a 57-year-old laborer at a local moving company.

From The Daily Beast

Sondra Wiener, forced to make pocket money like an out-of-work laborer, endures the pity of her neighbors.

From The Daily Beast

His parents were peasants and he wrought as a day laborer till he attracted attention.

From Project Gutenberg

The life of a laborer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.

From Project Gutenberg

The Washington manual laborer school and the Howard institution can bear testimony to his industry and patriotism.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus it lightens the toil of the weary laborer plodding along the highway of life.

From Project Gutenberg

She went through the usual routine of housework like a laborer who drags after him a ball and chain.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• hand
• manual worker
• worker