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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.


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Other Words From

  • under·labor·er noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of laborer1

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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