laborer

noun la·bor·er \ ˈlā-bər-ər \

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

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Definition of laborer

: one that labors; specifically : a person who does unskilled physical work for wages

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Examples of laborer in a Sentence

He has been working as a laborer on a construction project.
having no real skills, the men could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships

Recent Examples of laborer from the Web

For example, the global number of child laborers has declined by close to 40% since 2000, but an estimated 152 million children are still trapped in child labor, compelled to work to support themselves and their families.

— bard wilkinson, CNN, "Half of world's children at risk of war, poverty, discrimination, report finds," 31 May 2018
About 600 people, mostly laborers, huddled at the West Salalah School, some sleeping on mattresses on the floors of classrooms, where math and English lesson posters hung on the walls.

— Fox News, "Powerful cyclone lashes into Arabian Peninsula, killing at least 3," 26 May 2018
About 600 people, mostly laborers, huddled at the West Salalah School, some sleeping on mattresses on the floors of classrooms, where math and English lesson posters hung on the walls.

— Washington Post, "Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman’s coast, kills 12-year-old girl," 25 May 2018
About 600 people, mostly laborers, huddled at the West Salalah School, some sleeping on mattresses on the floors of classrooms.

— jon gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, "Cyclone nears Oman’s coast, kills girl," 25 May 2018
California's recruitment of foreign laborers, virtually all of them from Mexico, grew by 3,121 workers, a 28% increase from the previous year and nearly three times the national growth rate, according to the data analysis.

— geoffrey mohan, latimes.com, "Three men charged with scamming agricultural guest workers," 17 May 2018
Tom, 90% of the workforce in Qatar is made up of foreign laborers—most of them treated abominably, and most of them from the poorest nations in the world, like Nepal.

— charles p. pierce, SI.com, "Why Tom Brady Has No Business Promoting Qatar," 25 Apr. 2018
About 180 tradesmen are on the job with a peak of about 250 skilled laborers. 2.

— jennifer conn, akron reporter, cleveland.com, "Summa Health hosts topping ceremony for new West Tower," 24 Apr. 2018
This meticulous restoration dazzles with crisp, formally rigorous black-and-white images and a complex sound mix, as its minimalist story of three families of manual laborers unfolds against a harsh, barren peninsula.

— patrick friel, Chicago Reader, "Dance / Film / Foreign / Gender Issues / Moviegoing / Old Movies to Watch Now / On Video Five classic films by Latin American women," 17 Apr. 2018

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