guest worker

noun

: a foreign laborer working temporarily in an industrialized usually European country

Examples of guest worker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Possible downsides Boosting the number of agricultural guest workers would help fill some gaps in the agricultural labor force and reduce the risk of crops going unharvested. —Scott Morgenstern, The Conversation, 25 July 2025

For years, the agricultural sector has been pleading for a strong and efficient guest worker program. —Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025

More great reads In America’s ‘salad bowl,’ farmers invest in guest worker housing, hoping to stabilize workforce. —Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025

Idaho farmers and immigrant workers Two Idaho lawmakers this session tried to help solve labor shortages with a bill to create a year-round agricultural guest worker program. —Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

translation of German Gastarbeiter

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for guest worker

• caseworker
• coworker
• farmworker
• woodworker