labourerla‧bour‧er British English, laborer American English /ˈleɪbərə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a farm labourer
British English, a farm laborer American English· The cottages were built for the farm labourers.
►migrant labourer
British English, migrant laborer American English· The centre houses 50 migrant labourers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►farm
· George Broomham was a farm labourer from East Woodhay, a nearby village.· Young Dan Tennant, a farm labourer from Bakers Farm was on his way home for lunch.· He was born in Hambleden, some of a farm labourer.· The son of a farm labourer from Marton, James Cook was fortunate to be born into an age of great explorations.· He tells you he is a farm labourer or sometimes a brickie.· And detectives arrested the farm labourer at dawn yesterday at his home in Solihull, West Midlands.· They were the sons of Thomas Jackson, a humble farm labourer who brought up ten children in a thatched cottage.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounlabourlabourerverblabour
someone whose work needs physical strength, for example building work → worker: a farm labourer