laborer

la·bor

L0003400 (lā′bər)n.1. Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work. See Synonyms at work.2. A specific task or effort, especially a painful or arduous one: "Eating the bread was a labor I put myself through to quiet my stomach" (Gail Anderson-Dargatz).3. A particular form of work or method of working: manual labor.4. Work for wages: businesses paying more for labor.5. a. Workers considered as a group.b. The trade union movement, especially its officials.6. Labor A political party representing workers' interests, especially in Great Britain.7. The process by which childbirth occurs, beginning with contractions of the uterus and ending with the expulsion of the fetus or infant and the placenta.v. la·bored, la·bor·ing, la·bors v.intr.1. To work; toil: labored in the fields.2. To strive painstakingly: labored over the needlepoint.3. a. To proceed with great effort; plod: labored up the hill.b. Nautical To pitch and roll.4. To suffer from distress or a disadvantage: labored under the misconception that others were cooperating.5. To undergo the labor of childbirth.v.tr.1. To deal with in exhaustive or excessive detail; belabor: labor a point in the argument.2. To distress; burden: I will not labor you with trivial matters.adj.1. Of or relating to labor.2. Labor Of or relating to a Labor Party.

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[Middle English, from Old French labour, from Latin labor.]

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la′bor·er n.

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Noun

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laborer - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual laborlabourer, manual laborer, jackagricultural laborer, agricultural labourer - a person who tills the soil for a livingbracero - a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War IIcleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaningday laborer, day labourer - a laborer who works by the day; for daily wagesdigger - a laborer who digsdishwasher - someone who washes dishesnavvy, peon, drudge, galley slave - a laborer who is obliged to do menial workgandy dancer - a laborer in a railroad maintenance ganggravedigger - a person who earns a living by digging graveshewer - a person who hewshired hand, hired man, hand - a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"hod carrier, hodman - a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayersgipsy, gypsy, itinerant - a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman - a person who fells treesminer, mineworker - laborer who works in a minemule driver, mule skinner, muleteer, skinner - a worker who drives mulesplatelayer, tracklayer - a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracksporter - a person employed to carry luggage and suppliesrail-splitter, splitter - a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fencessawyer - one who is employed to saw woodsection hand - a laborer assigned to a section gangsprayer - a worker who applies spray to a surfacestacker - a laborer who builds up a stack or pilesteeplejack - someone who builds or maintains very tall structuresdock worker, docker, dockhand, dock-walloper, dockworker, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore - a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a portfireman, stoker - a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)woodcutter - cuts down trees and chops wood as a jobworking man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial laborwrecker - someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a jobyardman - a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)

laborer

nounOne who labors:hand, operative, roustabout, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman.

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