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labourer

British

/ ˈleɪbərə /

noun

a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind

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"Everyone is worried," said 29-year-old labourer Bunty Goswami, a migrant worker at a shut plant.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

"Me, I won't go and vote because it's always the same ones who are there" in power, said 27-year-old labourer Guelord Mienagata.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

According to Raanan's office, the volume was found in Gaza by a Palestinian labourer who worked in Israel before the war.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

George was a labourer and enlisted early, in September 1914.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Lancelot stopped at once, as if he were a farm labourer who had been given permission to knock off for his dinner.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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