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labourer
labourer (ˈleɪbərə) or laborern (Professions) a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kindThesaurusNoun | 1. | labourer - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual laborlaborer, 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) |
labourernoun worker, workman, working man, manual worker, hand, blue-collar worker, drudge, unskilled worker, navvy (Brit. informal), labouring man Her husband had been a farm labourer.Proverbs "The labourer is worthy of his hire"Translationslabour (American) labor (ˈleibə) noun1. hard work. The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid. 勞動 劳动2. workmen on a job. The firm is having difficulty hiring labour. 工人 工人3. (in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth. She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born. 分娩 分娩4. used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom. 英國工黨 英国工党 verb1. to be employed to do hard and unskilled work. He spends the summer labouring on a building site. 作粗活 劳动2. to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty. They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills. 費力地前進或工作 费力地前进laborious (ləˈboːriəs) adjective difficult; requiring hard work. Moving house is always a laborious process. 費力的 费力的laˈboriously adverb 費力地 费力地laˈboriousness noun 費力 费力ˈlabourer noun a workman who is employed to do heavy work requiring little skill. the labourers on a building site. 勞工 劳动者,劳工 ˈlabour court noun a court of law for settling disputes between management and workers. 勞資爭議法庭 劳资争议法庭ˈlabour dispute noun a disagreement between management and workers about working conditions, pay etc. 勞資糾紛 劳资纠纷ˈlabour-saving adjective intended to lessen work. washing-machines and other labour-saving devices. 節省勞力的 节省劳力的IdiomsSeethe laborer is worthy of his hireFinancialSeelabourlabourer
Synonyms for labourernoun workerSynonyms- worker
- workman
- working man
- manual worker
- hand
- blue-collar worker
- drudge
- unskilled worker
- navvy
- labouring man
Synonyms for labourernoun someone who works with their handsSynonyms- laborer
- manual laborer
- jack
Related Words- agricultural laborer
- agricultural labourer
- bracero
- cleaner
- day laborer
- day labourer
- digger
- dishwasher
- navvy
- peon
- drudge
- galley slave
- gandy dancer
- gravedigger
- hewer
- hired hand
- hired man
- hand
- hod carrier
- hodman
- gipsy
- gypsy
- itinerant
- faller
- feller
- logger
- lumberjack
- lumberman
- miner
- mineworker
- mule driver
- mule skinner
- muleteer
- skinner
- platelayer
- tracklayer
- porter
- rail-splitter
- splitter
- sawyer
- section hand
- sprayer
- stacker
- steeplejack
- dock worker
- docker
- dockhand
- dock-walloper
- dockworker
- loader
- longshoreman
- lumper
- stevedore
- fireman
- stoker
- woodcutter
- working man
- working person
- workingman
- workman
- wrecker
- yardman
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