laborer
noun
a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training.
laborers
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pluralof laborer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From the fourth century to the 14th—when sea travel gradually replaced overland caravans—merchants, laborers, religious leaders, and government officials from across Eurasia convened there to exchange goods and culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Most day laborers declined to have their names included in The Times for fear of retaliation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Home Depot parking lots have been informal job sites for day laborers for decades, many of whom are immigrants and show up every morning seeking work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The fruits of Tahnoon’s push are visible in the form of a massive construction site on a sandy patch of land miles from central Abu Dhabi, where thousands of laborers are working day and night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Most of the jobs remaining at the dam site, he had been told, were for common laborers, paying fifty cents an hour.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
