laborer

Noun

Meaning

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jack labourer manual laborer carpenter reaper han jak mason tiller joiner workman drudge gleaner agriculturist hand
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Antonyms

king emmet bandit manager commando challenger
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Hypernyms

workman workingman working man

Hyponyms

skinner sawyer feller porter gypsy gipsy

Phrases with the word

common laborer farm laborer factory laborer casual laborer incompetent laborer inexperienced laborer

Examples

A sanitation laborer who solicited cash bribes to empty garbage bins and construction debris. Source: Internet

APIN was created—by 1000 BC—modern Aries was identified with both Dumuzi's ram and a hired laborer. Source: Internet

Classical historians often say that in the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire (~27BC) the daily wage for an unskilled laborer and common soldier was 1 denarius (with no tax deductions) or about US$28 in bread. Source: Internet

A prospective employer would offer a laborer a "loan" or "advance" on his wages, typically as a condition of employment, and then use the newly created debt to compel the worker to remain on the job for as long as the employer wished." Source: Internet

Because his stepmother opposed his wish to attend college, Whitney worked as a farm laborer and school teacher to save money. Source: Internet

A single mother, she left the protection of Ismenias, becoming an itinerant laborer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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