la·bor·er

[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.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; see labor, -er1

Related forms
un·der·la·bor·er, noun
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labourer or (US) laborer (ˈleɪbərə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind
 
laborer or (US) laborer
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

laborer
early 14c., agent noun from labor.
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Example sentences
Already its influence has spread into the secret council chamber, as well as
  into the laborer's cottage.
Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of
  his hire.
Lastly, among such conditions of life there are few incentives to make the
  laborer become a better farmer.
It's not about the guy sneaking across the border to come work as a day laborer
  to support his family.
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