labourer

US laborer

/ (ˈleɪbərə) /

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noun

a person engaged in physical work, esp of an unskilled kind

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Words nearby labourer

labour, Labour and Socialist International, labour camp, Labour Day, laboured, labourer, labour exchange, labour-intensive, labourism, labourist, Labourite

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How to use labourer in a sentence

Vagabond, errand-boy, vagabond, labourer, porter, clerk, chief manager, small partner, Josiah Bounderby of Coketown.
David's Bookclub: Hard Times|David Frum|September 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He worked fiercer than ever—harder than the day-labourer—at his place of business.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The Corn-laws makes the labourer pay double the price for his food.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The object and the means were the revival of the nautical labourer of twenty years before.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

He seems to have forgotten his nautical labourer patented twenty years before; but yet reproduced something very similar.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Toiling across Lord Hartledon's path was the labourer to whom the Rector had been speaking.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood